Peter Kren is Chief Financial Officer and an authorized representative of the Thales Austria GmbH in Vienna, a unit which is steadily growing its business and market shares through its genuine and broad offering. Its specific and long-standing local expertise, particularly in rail transportation, are the keys to its domestic and international competitive success.
Peter Kren was CFO of Alcatel Transport Solutions GmbH in 2006, a company formed to spin off Transport Solutions activities from Alcatel Austria AG. The spin off process itself was headed by Peter Kren, who had previously been Head of Controlling of the respective division within Alcatel Austria AG since 1998.
In other earlier assignments within Alcatel Austria AG since 1990, Peter Kren held positions in the internal audit department and the controlling department for telecommunication and railway activities. From 1994 to mid 1995, he was assigned to Alcatel BSR/St. Petersburg/Russia for the introduction of controlling and reporting processes and, from mid 1995, he worked as controller of the Transport Solutions Division in order to set up the local divisional controlling processes.
Peter Kren was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1962. He is a graduate of Vienna University of Economics & Business in the field of Business Administration.