Georg Rebernig

Managing Director, EAA - Environment Agency Austria

Mr. Rebernig holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics and International Trade from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. During his studies, Mr. Rebernig specialized in international tax consulting and financial auditing. Soon after his graduation in 1989, he joined the Austrian Ministry for Environment as Deputy Head of Unit for Environmental Economics and Energy. In 1984 he became Environment Attaché at the Austrian Permanent Representation at the European Union in Brussels. During the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council in 1998, he acted as Chairman of the Environment Working Party of the Council.  

Since 1999, Mr. Rebernig is Managing Director at Umweltbundesamt (Environment Agency Austria), Austria’s largest organisation of experts on all environmental issues. With more than 450 experts in 55 academic disciplines, Umweltbundesamt focuses on interdisciplinary work in all environmental disciplines and also examines plausible future pathways of combined social and environmental systems. On international level the Environment Agency Austria is sought-after partner for environmental expertise and environmental technology. The Agncie’s experts are active in more than 200 networks and bodies. It advises, among others, the European Parliament and the EU Commission.