30. September 2024
Martin Heindl, born in Wels in 1965, graduated from the Federal Realgymnasium Brucknerstrasse in Wels. © Linz AG/Breitbild-Austria
With a unanimous decision by the board of Linz AG, Martin Heindl was appointed second managing director of Linz Service GmbH. The appointment is for five years. It was subject to a public tender.
In this role, Heindl will act as second managing director alongside Linz AG General Director Erich Haider from Tuesday, October 1st. Heindl succeeds Werner Sonnleitner, who will retire on October 1, 2024.
In addition to his role as Chairman of the Board of Linz AG, Haider is the first managing director and spokesman for Linz Service GmbH. As second managing director, Heindl is responsible for operational matters in the water, wastewater, waste, port, pools, burial and cemeteries business areas, as well as for the IWA (Institute for Water Treatment).
Martin Heindl, born in Wels in 1965, graduated from the Brucknerstraße Federal High School in Wels and studied cultural technology and water management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.
Before he began his career at Linz AG in 2000, he worked at the civil engineering firm Flögl in Linz from 1993 to 2000 and before that at the civil engineering firm Friedrich und Partner in Vienna.
Within the group of companies, Heindl worked right from the start in the wastewater division of Linz Service GmbH. In 2004 he was promoted to head of the ‘Sewer Planning and Construction’ department and held this position until 2023. He has headed the wastewater division since 2023.
Heindl is married. The enthusiastic cyclist has a wide range of interests – from beekeeping to aquarium keeping and carpentry – and is the father of two sons (born 1993 and 1998). He lives in Thalheim near Wels.
