Peter Höfinger - Chairperson

He studied law at the University of Vienna and specialised in EU competition law at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).
He has been a member of the VIG Holding Managing Board since 1 January 2009 and since July 2023 has also been Deputy CEO of VIG.

From 2003 to 2008 he was part of the MB of Donau Versicherung. Prior to that, he held positions as MB chairman and MB member outside the VIG in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland.

In 2018, he was awarded the Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c) degree by the Academy of Economics D. А. Tsenov in Bulgaria for his contribution to the development of the insurance industry in Bulgaria. Married, with four children.

At Vienna Insurance Group his areas of responsibility are the group’s Corporate business and the Reinsurance. His country responsibilities include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.