Mag. Roland Weißmann

The Director General of ORF is the sole managing director, appointed by the Foundation Council for a period of five years. Based on his proposals, the directors and regional directors are appointed by the Foundation Council.
Roland Weißmann was born in Linz on March 16, 1968. After graduating from high school in 1986, he studied journalism and history in Vienna. For the first 15 years of his ORF career, Weißmann worked as a reporter, journalist and program manager in radio and television before switching to the commercial sector in his early 40s. For the past ten years, he has been in charge of TV finance as chief producer, and in 2017 Alexander Wrabetz promoted him to deputy commercial director. From July 2020, Weißmann was also project manager of the ORF Player project for the future.

 
ORF Regional directors

• Organisation
• ORF Executive board
  • Mag. Roland Weißmann
  • Eva Schindlauer, BSc
  • Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz
  • Ingrid Thurnher
  • Dr. Harald Kräuter
• Publications acc. ORF Act
• Law & Principles

• Director General

  Mag. Roland Weißmann
• ORF Commercial Director

  Eva Schindlauer, BSc
• ORF Program Director

  Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz
• ORF Radio Director

  Ingrid Thurnher
• ORF Technical Director

  Dr. Harald Kräuter