Solveig Menard-Galli

Solveig Menard-Galli was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Wienerberger Building Solutions on the Management Board in July 2020. Previously, as Chief Performance Officer (CPO), she was responsible for the performance improvement and digitization agendas of Wienerberger AG and achieved great success with the implementation of the Fast Forward program and the associated digitization process and cultural change.

Solveig Menard-Galli, an Austrian native, studied Business Administration and completed a Master's degree in controlling, strategic management, marketing and international management at the University of Klagenfurt, where she also taught as a freelance lecturer. She completed her studies at Fontainebleau (INSEAD) and in Hawaii, where she obtained a Certificate of International Management. She started her professional career with Brau Union, a member of the Heineken Group. In 2008, she moved on to the Heineken Group headquarters in Amsterdam and was appointed Finance Director for Heineken Netherlands in 2011. Afterwards she took over executive positions at L’Oréal Austria. She began her career at Wienerberger in 2016 as CFO of the Clay Building Materials Europe Division.