Eva Schütz is a member of the high-profile Investors Round Table 2026, held as part of re.comm26, where she contributes her extensive expertise in law, business, and media. A native of Vienna, she studied law in Vienna and Salzburg and finance in the U.S. after graduating from high school, before passing the bar exam with honors in 2006. After holding positions at renowned firms such as Arthur Andersen in New York and KPMG in Vienna, she successfully ran her own law firm for many years. Since 2017, she has also served on the supervisory boards of major companies such as Volksbank Wien AG and the ÖBB subsidiaries Rail Cargo Austria and ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG. She has also made her mark in politics: In 2019, she participated in coalition negotiations on justice issues and shortly thereafter assumed the role of deputy chief of staff at the Ministry of Finance. In 2021, she founded the online media outlet exxpress.at, served as its CEO until 2024, and continues to shape it today as editor-in-chief and publisher. Schütz demonstrated her perseverance beyond the worlds of business and media in 2012 when she was crowned Austrian national champion in long-distance running in the 3,000- and 10,000-meter events.
