Successor to Müller

Ministry of Finance advertises Management Board job earlier

The Ministry of Finance has advertised a Management Board position at the Financial Market Authority (FMA). The vacancy is for the successor to Eduard Müller, who is accused of having intervened on behalf of investor René Benko.

Müller was questioned at the beginning of April in the parliamentary COFAG-U committee about the Signa Group's tax proceedings and alleged interventions. He was head of section in the Ministry of Finance from 2015 to 2018 and is said to have intervened on behalf of real estate juggler Benko. Müller denied this and stated that he was mistaken about the then Secretary General Thomas Schmid, who had pulled the strings in the background. There are chat messages between Müller and Schmid.

Eduard Müller (archive photo)(Bild: APA/AFP/Aris OIKONOMOU)

What interested parties should bring along
The FMA Executive Board contract is due to run until July 2025. Nevertheless, the successor has already been advertised. The job advertisement was published in the digital Official Gazette of the Republic (EVI) on Tuesday. Requirements include a "degree in law, economics or equivalent university degree", many years of professional experience in the public sector and business fluency in English.

The personal requirements include, for example, integrity, natural authority, determination, Austrian citizenship and non-exclusion from the right to vote in the National Council. 

Appointment for five years
Applications must be sent to the Ministry of Finance and the recruitment consultant Stanton Chase International by May 17. The term of office is five years, whereby reappointment is permitted. The person is proposed by the Federal Government and the appointment is then made by the Federal President.