Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner

Mag. Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner has been working in finance in Linz, Salzburg and Vienna since graduating in 1988. She has been a member of the Executive Board of Raiffeisenlandesbank Upper Austria AG since June 2007 and deputy chair of the Executive Board since January 2014. 

 Mag. Keplinger-Mitterlehner’s responsibilities on the Board include Treasury & Financial Markets, Bank Direkt, Retail Banking, PRIVATE BANK, sales management for private customers, and KEPLER-FONDS Kapitalanlagegesellschaft. In addition, she represents Raiffeisenlandesbank Upper Austria in numerous Supervisory Board positions at important companies (e.g., Energie AG Upper Austria and Linz AG).  

Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner is head of the Banking and Insurance division of the Austrian Economic Chambers of Upper Austria. 

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“By 2040, decarbonisation is expected to require 45 billion euros in investment in electricity generation and 53 billion euros in grid expansion in Austria. At EU level, the focus should be not on reporting obligations and additional regulation, but on creative financing solutions. A package of financing and investment incentives is required to reduce the burden on energy utilities’ balance sheets and increase leverage.”

— Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner