Alfred Veider receives Silver Decoration of Honour of Vienna

 Austria

The Vice Mayor of Vienna Maria Vassilakou handed over this prestigious award to Alfred Veider in the city hall of Vienna.

In 2013 he was recognized with the “Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria". With the “Silver Decoration of Honour for Services to the state of Vienna” Alfred Veider, Country Director of Thales in Austria, received a further considerably distinction.
 

“Vienna is repeatedly known to offer a world leading quality of living. I have always seen this as an additional encouragement to seek for extraordinary performance. For the city, for the country, for the people, within and beyond our borders. I hence take it with great joy and honour that this great city is now also officially welcoming me.“
Alfred Veider, Country Director & CEO, Thales in Austria

 
Alfred Veider holds a PhD in Physics and worked for the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and the Vienna University of Technology during his thesis and studies. He is also a graduated mechanical engineer and passed a company-tailored Business Master’s programme with business schools such as INSEAD and EM Lyon during his early years with Alcatel. Serving with IBM in Rüschlikon (CH) and then with Alcatel he was appointed CEO of Thales in Austria in 2007. In addition, since mid 2015 he leads as VP Strategy & Product Policy of the Thales business line Main Line Signalling with worldwide responsibility.

Image: Alfred Veider (Country Director & CEO, Thales in Austria), Maria Vassilakou (Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Urban Development, Transport, Climate Protection, Energy Planning and Citizen Participation in Vienna)
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