Franz Lanschutzer received his Master of Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and his doctorate (Ph.D.) from the University of Budapest. He has gained extensive experience in the areas of Corporate Finance and Asset Management in Central and Eastern Europe. Dr. Lanschützer is a Managing Partner at EPIC Goldscheider und Wurmböck Unternehmensberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H. from Vienna.
For the last thirty years, Dr. Lanschützer has been working in the field of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance, as well as providing consulting services in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, and the region. He has also set up and run investment privatization funds in the Czech Republic and Croatia. Before joining EPIC, Dr. Lanschützer held executive positions at major Financial Advisory and Auditing Companies such as Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse.
Since 1999, he has also held executive positions at Valamar Group, including CEO and President of the Management Board at Valamar Group d.d. (2011–2014) and Valamar Riviera d.d. (2014–2015). From June 2015 to June 2023, he served as Supervisory Board Deputy Chairman, and in June 2023, he was named Supervisory Board Chairman at Valamar Riviera d.d.