Managing Director and Spokesperson of the Management Board, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Brigitte Bach finished her PhD in technical physics at the Vienna University of Technology in 1992 and completed a postgraduate course in “Management Development and Communication” at the Danube University Krems. After working for the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and as managing director of the Austrian Institute of Ecology, she became an independent entrepreneur in the environmental and energy sector for several years.
Ms. Bach began her career within the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 1999 and played a key role in the development and strategic positioning of energy research at AIT from 1999 to 2018, most recently as Head of the Center for Energy. From 2018, she was Head of Telecommunications, Electromobility and New Business Areas at Wien Energie GmbH, after which she worked as Managing Director of Salzburg AG.
In October 2023, she returned to the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna as Managing Director and Spokesperson of the Management Board where she is now responsible for the strategic positioning of the research institute as well as for external relations and the product portfolio.