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Johannes W. H. Schick

I am a native of Northern Bavaria, born 1964, married to my lovely Laura for almost 30 years and have 3 adult children. For over 15 years we love to live in Styria and enjoy it.

After an apprenticeship as a banker, I completed my studies in business administration at the universities of Bayreuth and Perpignan, France.

For 22 years I have held various senior management functions in the glass packaging sector. Currently I manage a company in the aluminium packaging industry.

My first memories of the industry date back to the 1980ies, when I first worked in an industrial company at the age of 16. I started in the porcelain industry, which at the time represented the most important industry in the region. I was able to gain valuable experiences, which have been useful ever since, especially during my time in the glass industry. 

LEADERSHIP must provide an atmosphere of trust and transparency where everyone experiences vision, mission, passion, information, listening, communication, enthusiasm, choice, flexibility, trust and support.

Until recently, I led the international Stoelzle Glass Group as its Chief Executive. Stoelzle develops, manufactures and sells perfume bottles, premium spirit bottles, pharmaceutical glass and drinking glasses for the catering trade (including beer mugs for the famous “Munich Octoberfest”).

I took over the company’s CEO position 14 years ago and turned it into a significant more successful business. During my tenure, the company’s sales revenues have been tripled up to more than € 300million and could be positioned among Styria’s TOP 20 companies.

In my time as CEO, we were able to develop the "Stoelzle" brand as a firmly established, internationally recognized brand in premium packaging, especially in the “Spirits” (worldwide #2), "Pharmaceuticals" and "Perfumery & Cosmetics" markets (both being established among the worldwide TOP 5). The World Star Award for the world's best premium packaging, which was awarded eight times overall, reflects the company’s high development, innovation and manufacturing expertise. Apart from that, I believe in the power of the next generations, which is why we set up a training and education network with nine other companies in western Styria. As an outcome, 80 apprentices have been educated in Koeflach during the last four years with more to come. Besides others, the big investment in training was a reason why Stoelzle was awarded the title of TOP Employer in Styria in 2016.

As a long-standing Top executive, I consider it crucial to volunteer in various national and international leading organizations with the goal of making a sustainable contribution to your own industry and Austria as a business location. I was on the board of the European Container Glass Association for 14 years and was its president for the "Flaconnage" division for the past two years. Furthermore, I was deputy chairman for 6 years and 3 years chairman of the glass trade association of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, including 5 years leading negotiator of collective agreements for the employers' side. For 6 years I was on the board of the industrial union Styria, in the federal executive committee I was co-opted in 2017.