Dr. Christoph Mayer
Regional Director for Africa, Andritz Hydro, Austria

Dr. Christoph Mayer has been Regional Director for Africa, Western Europe and the Middle East for ANDRITZ HYDRO since 2010. In this role his responsibilities include a strategic marketing approach towards African markets, support of sales activities of various ANDRITZ HYDRO set-ups, identification of projects and market intelligence, as well as communication and public relations. Previously, from 2007 – 2010, Dr Mayer worked at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Labour and Energy, Department for International Energy Politics, which involved work on bilateral and multilateral energy affairs and in cross-border oil and gas infrastructure projects, with a focus on Eastern Europe and CIS. Dr Mayer has a degree in Business Administration and Political Science, as well as a PhD in International Energy Politics on EU-Russian Natural Gas Relations.