AGES Management
As a company of the Republic of Austria, we have been committed to the health of people, animals and plants for over 20 years. We have been pursuing the One Health approach since our foundation. Our two managing directors and our employees in 6 business areas, 3 specialist areas and 9 staff units and support areas fulfil the tasks defined in the Austrian Health and Food Safety Act (G ESG) in the areas of public health, animal health, food safety, drug safety, food safety, radiation protection, risk assessment, risk communication and research .
In addition, we provide 3 federal offices(Federal Office for Food Safety - BAES, Federal Office for Safety in Health Care - BASG and Federal Office of Consumer Health - BAVG, which are active in the areas of agriculture, drug safety and consumer health, with all the necessary resources to fulfil their tasks. Our Supervisory Board ensures that we carry out our activities in the best possible way and in the interests of the Austrian people.
The health of humans, animals, plants and the environment is closely interlinked. This One Health approach is at the centre of everything we do.
Our knowledge and daily commitment make AGES an indispensable partner organisation for health and food safety in the European Union
Management
Dr Anton Reinl
, Priv.-Doz. Dr Johannes Pleiner-Duxneuner
Areas of Activity
Food Security, Head: Mag. Bernhard Föger
Radiation Protection, Head: DI Dr Christian Katzlberger
Animal Health, Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr Friedrich Schmoll
Public Health, Head: Priv.-Doz. Dr Johannes Pleiner-Duxneuner
Food Safety, Head: Mag. Dr Friedrich Sövegjarto
Medical Market Supervision, Head: DI Dr Günter Waxenecker
Specialist Areas
Data, Statistics and Integrative Risk Assessment, Head: Univ.-Doz. DI Dr Klemens Fuchs
Communication and Knowledge Transfer, Head: Univ.-Doz. Mag.a Dr Ingrid Kiefer
Knowledge Management and Research, Head: Mag. DI DDr Alois Leidwein
AGES Business Services – Support Units
Internal Audit, Head: Gabriele Jell-Wiesinger, MMSc, MBA
Legal and Insurance Affairs, Head: MMag. Dr. Gerald Benesch
Office for Tobacco Coordination, Head: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Johannes Pleiner-Duxneuner
Integrated Management System, Head: Ing. Markus Hoffmann, BSc MA
Strategy, Innovation and Project Coordination, Head: Mag.a (FH) Mag.a Dr.in Elisabeth Lummerstorfer
IT Services, Head: Ing. Gottfried Scheck, BSc, MSc
in Finance, Head: Georg Schönberger, MBA
in Human Resources, Head: Mag. Dr. Sabine Hauer
, Facility Management and Purchasing, Head: Robert Huber, MSc
Our company in figures (2025)
Established
on 1 June 2002 as a limited liability company. It is wholly owned by the Republic of Austria, represented by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management.
Locations
: 10 sites in 6 cities across Austria
; 8 research stations
Staff
: 1,762 employees in total (62 per cent women)
; 448 experts represented on 796 national and international committees
Management
11 members of the Supervisory Board
2 managing directors
17 people at management level 1
53 people at management level 2
Financial
figures Turnover: EUR
113.3 million Basic federal grant: EUR 98.5 million
AGES conducts
research
: 141 ongoing R&D projects
; 46 completed R&D projects
Knowledge transfer
: 134 training and further education events
11.688 participants 728
lectures & presentations 62
popular science publications 89
scientific publications
EU knowledge transfer projects
EU-FORA: European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme
EU support for alignment with the acquis and capacity building in the veterinary sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina
AGES analyses
615,388 samples
1,706,747 analyses
888 accredited methods
74 National Reference Laboratories (NRL)
19 National Reference Centres (NRZ)
12 State laboratories with special tasks (STL)
1 Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL)
1 European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL)
3 high-security laboratories (2 L3 laboratories, 1 L3+ laboratory)
AGES assessed
43,871 expert reports
74 risk assessments or scientific opinions on food, drinking water, cosmetics, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), tobacco and medical devices
AGES reports
1,674,899 visits to the AGES website
, 5,171 media mentions
, 103 product recalls/product warnings
, 53 news articles
and 69 in-house
videos, as well as 1,536 social media posts
Sustainability
Total consumption of fossil fuels: 9,469 MWh
Total consumption of renewable energy: 14,559 MWh
Total Scope 1 and 2 gross greenhouse gas emissions: 763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent
Last updated: 12.08.2026
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