Our Team
Board of Austrian Society for Disaster Risk Reduction
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Haidn
Chairman at ASDRR
Markus Haidn is a Mountain Risk Expert with more than ten years of professional experience working in international projects for natural hazard protection. He holds a Master Degree in “Mountain Risk Engineering” from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna and is co-founder of the ASDRR.
Email: haidn@asdrr.org
Herr Marco Papillion
Cashier at ASDRR
Marco Papillion attended a business school with a particular focus on international business. He strongly believes in the necessity of greater cooperation in the sector of disaster risk reduction and supports the society in matters of finance.
Herr Franz Oichtner
Secretary at ASDRR
Franz Oichtner is an entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience. He is also the founder of Trumer Schutzbauten GmbH - a company which set the groundwork for state of the art natural hazard mitigation structures. His lifelong work in this field makes him invaluable in reducing disaster risk worldwide.
Herr Felix Draesner
Felix Draesner is a Mountain Risk Engineer and is involved in several projects around the globe. He holds a Master Degree in “Mountain Risk Engineering” from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna and has experience as a scientific researcher at the institute of alpine hazards BOKU Vienna.
Email: draesner@asdrr.org
Herr Sebastian Averdunk
Project Manager
Sebastian Averdunk holds a Master Degree in “Environmental Engineering” from the Technical University of Munich. He is a passionate mountaineer having a strong interest in development cooperation and natural disaster risk reduction.
Email: averdunk@asdrr.org
Our Partners
The Austrian Society for Disaster Risk Reduction cooperates with national and international partners in the field of managing natural hazards and disaster risks. Therefore, the ASDRR works together with development agencies, scientific institutes, NGOs, private sector ,and other stakeholders to achieve innovation, internationalization and qualification in the field of DRR.
The ASDRR is supported with the “Start-upfunding” by the Austrian Economic Chamber.
The ASDRR is supported with the technical expertise of Trumer Schutzbauten GmbH.
The ASDRR is supported by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).
The ASDRR cooperates with the Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering (IAN) at the BOKU University in Vienna.