ÖBB-CEO Kern Reconstructs Freight Division

People ♦ Published: November 26, 2010; 14:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

After the decisions made about personnel, Kern wants to make the freight division profitable again. The group’s CEO has accorded himself three years for the process.

ÖBB-CEO Kern Reconstructs Freight Division / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / NÖLB Mh [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

The departure of management of ÖBB's freight division Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), has been decided on. Friedrich Macher and Günther Riessland will resign. Interim the group’s CEO himself, Christian Kern, will take over the leading role at RCA.

Political party calculations have not been given any consideration for the decision. Kern states that he has asked none of the parties…