Bank Austria

As Austria's largest bank, we are certainly pleased that Linz has become the next Austrian city to be granted the honor of serving as European Capital of Culture. And as a member firm of one of Europe’s leading financial services providers, we are well aware of the great potential for international networking that goes along with this title.

Bank Austria is glad to be contributing to the success of Linz09. We see this, not least of all, as additional impressive confirmation of Linz’s openness to new directions and innovations as exemplified by such groundbreaking projects as Ars Electronica and the Lentos Museum of Modern Art. This is an orientation on which we place high priority as part of our extensive involvement in cultural affairs.

Erich Hampel
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank Austria
Member of the Management Committee of the UniCredit Group