The organisation
As an industry holding company, OÖ Verkehrsholding GmbH bundles, manages and is responsible for investments in companies in the fields of transport, mobility and transport infrastructure within OÖ Landesholding GmbH. The holding company was created in September 2005 for all transport-related holdings and underwent a comprehensive restructuring in autumn 2024. The merger of the two provincial companies OÖ Verkehrsverbund Gesellschaft and Schiene OÖ under the umbrella of OÖ Verkehrsholding will further advance the comprehensive expansion of climate-friendly mobility in Upper Austria.
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The holdings of OÖ Verkehrsholding comprise the following companies:
As an industry holding company, OÖ Verkehrsholding GmbH bundles investments in companies in the fields of transport, mobility and transport infrastructure within OÖ Landesholding GmbH. It acts in a group management capacity for the majority shareholdings. As managing partner, it directly manages the business of OÖ Verkehrsverbund-Organisations GmbH Nfg. & Co KG and Schiene OÖ GmbH & Co KG and provides management services for these two subsidiaries with its centrally organised shared service staff units and departments.
Unique in Austria
The merger of OÖ Verkehrsverbund Gesellschaft and Schiene OÖ under the umbrella of OÖ Verkehrsholding makes it possible to plan and implementmajor infrastructure projects such as the refurbishment of the Linz bus terminal or the Regional-Stadtbahn Linz on a cross-company and integrated basis. The bundling of expertise and the simultaneous reduction of frictional losses makes it possible to make decisions consistently in the interests of passengers. The organisational structure with a very close connection between public transport infrastructure and public transport operations is unique in Austria.
The management
With Sonja Wiesholzer as Technical Managing Director and Klaus Wimmer as Commercial Managing Director, a strong management duo is at the helm to work together with the approximately 95 employees of OÖ Verkehrsholding, OÖ Verkehrsverbund Gesellschaft and Schiene OÖ on better, more future-orientated mobility for the people of Upper Austria.
Sonja Wiesholzer took over as Managing Director of Schiene OÖ GmbH & Co KG on 1 November 2023. This was followed on 30 September 2024 by her appointment as Managing Director of OÖ Verkehrsholding GmbH and OÖ Verkehrsverbund-Organisations GmbH Nfg. & Co KG.
As a civil engineer and civil technician, Sonja Wiesholzer worked in civil engineering offices for eight years before moving to the Ministry of Transport and Climate Protection (BMVIT/BMK) for 16 years. Her last position there was as head of a department and deputy group leader. Among other things, she was responsible for the Tunnel Administrative Authority in accordance with EU Directive 2004/54/EC and was a member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the Balance Sheet Committee at SCHIG. In 2022, she took over as Head of Operational Excellence and Project Management at Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and managed the bus division - the largest municipal bus company in Germany - on an interim basis for around nine months.
On 30 September 2024, Klaus Wimmer was appointed Managing Director of OÖ Verkehrsholding and OÖ Verkehrsverbund-Organisations GmbH Nfg. & Co KG and the Schiene OÖ GmbH & Co KG. He has been working at OÖ Verkehrsverbund since 2018, where he has made a significant contribution to the professionalisation and further development of these areas as Head of Marketing, PR, Sales, Tariffs and Customer Service. Prior to this, he worked for around 18 years in a managerial role in marketing and sales at renowned event and tour operators in Austria and Germany.
