Simone Wohinz

Simone Wohinz, a native of Carinthia, completed her studies in commerce at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, where she graduated with a Master's degree in social and economic sciences in 1994. In 1995 she started her professional career at Vereinigte Bühnen Wien in the area of controlling and project management. The following year she moved to DMC Design for Media and Communications GmbH & Co. KG, Vienna & Hamburg, where she was head of controlling and accounting. In 1999, she was a member of the »spin-off« project team of the designated commercial management of the Bundestheater group, and subsequently headed the group controlling, accounting and public relations of the Bundestheater-Holding, Vienna until 2005. In the course of the spin-off of the ballet, Simone Wohinz was appointed Commercial Director of the Ballet of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper in 2005, which was renamed the Vienna State Ballet in 2010. Since then, she has acted in this capacity as the authorised representative of Wiener Staatsoper GmbH and Volksoper Wien GmbH. From January to June 2020 she was also interim director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, and since September 2020 she has also taken over the commercial management of this institution.