Julius Meinl V.
Julius Meinl V. Lindbergh ( born July 9, 1959 in Vienna ) is an in Prague, Czech Republic (March 2014) based banker with British citizenship.
Life
Julius Meinl V is the son of Julius Meinl IV He has a son ( Julius Meinl VI. ) From the now divorced with Franziska (called " Spängi "). After completing his studies in banking and financial sciences in 1981 Julius Meinl worked at the Swiss Bank Corporation in London and at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York. He was the heir of the food chain Julius Meinl, which he dissolved down to the traditional Viennese location Meinl am Graben and the chains Billa, Spar and Delhaize sold, the eingliederten this in their corporations. The company Julius Meinl 1969 bought a bank and they merged in 1979 with their savings and loan association, cooperative to Meinl Bank. Julius Meinl V. took over in 1983 as CEO, the line of Meinl Bank. In 1987 he became CEO of the bank and involved in this function instrumental in the successful expansion of the bank to Eastern Europe. As of December 28, 2007 he joined the Supervisory Board and has been its chairman.
Furthermore, it is Julius Meinl V, at least legally, also a farmer and moved in 2008 a total of 34.445, - Euro from the field of EU agricultural subsidies.
On 17 January 2014 became the new President of the Eurasian- World Jewish Congress ( Euro - Asian Jewish Congress / EAJC ), a sub-organization of the World Jewish Congress ( World Jewish Congress / WJC ), elected Julius Meinl in Jerusalem. For Meinl is in this function, the fight against anti-Semitism, one of his priorities dar. As President of the EAJC Meinl is also on the Steering Committee of the JWC represented.
Allegations
The real estate fund company Meinl European Land dissolved in the summer of 2007 violent media interest when it became known that he had been repurchased with the proceeds of a capital increase in the spring mainly own securities without informing investors about - which is contrary to Austrian law. Against the charge of infringement has been argued that the company was registered in Jersey and have not violated thereat right which is relevant in this case. In February 2012, the " Jersey Financial Services Commission " presented (Financial Market Supervision of Jersey) the investigation into MEL ( now Atrium ) a final. This means that this authority not associated with the heavily debated in Austria MEL discourse - has found failings - in particular, no criminal. This is from the perspective of that authority found that MEL and Meinl Bank have acted as a service provider for those MEL under the relevant laws and regulations.
Meinl's personal involvement in this matter is unclear and controversial. In an interview with the radio station OE1 in the mission in the journal guest on September 15, 2007, he denied any personal involvement in the Causa and stated that no shares in the investment fund Meinl European Land ( MEL) and Meinl International Power (MIP ) to possess. His bank was merely the IPO of the company performed as well as the sister company Meinl Airports International (MAI ) in the spring of 2007. However, Meinl is for the ( now of the Fund ended ) use of the name Meinl and related from his bank management companies to manage the fund ( management contracts were terminated by the Fund, there was mutual actions before the civil court ) have received very considerable income, while those on the good reputation Meinls be built with strong investor slumps faced. In December 2011, the legal battles between Meinl Bank and MAI and MIP have been resolved in favor of the Meinl Bank.
The prosecution alleges Vienna Julius Meinl V. In this respect, investors fraud, Provisionsschinderei (no concept of Austrian legal system ) and infidelity. On 1 April 2009 he was arrested for risk of flight in Vienna and imposed the detention the following day. In addition, secret dossiers to have been ensured by Meinl critics. The remand basic " flight risk " was based on the fact that Meinl his private Falcon -2000 'll always be ready with a full tank at the General Aviation Center of Vienna Airport he owned British citizenship. This has been consistently rejected by Meinl Bank as misinformation. The renowned constitutional lawyer Univ. -Prof. Dr. Heinz Mayer presented in the framework of a study also determined that the aircraft was not operational at the relevant time abroad, and the arrest and bail were unlawful. Meanwhile, the process is out of discussion in: Fake Documents in the arguments of the prosecutor and documented by diary entries attempts to influence a renowned expert against the bank brought the investigating prosecutor in a bad light.
The banking business of Meinl Bank AG will continue uninterrupted according to media reports, for deposits with the Bank shall be no hazard. Rather, the Bank uses a 2013 expansion strategy in Eastern Europe. In Prague the money home has founded a small bank branch and wants to become more active in the Czech capital.
Meinl Bank has set out its vision for the MEL Causa and the prejudicial in their view, approach the prosecutor in detail. The security deposit of € 100 million, the highest ever in Austria, paid Julius Meinl V. on April 2, 2009 and was released from custody then; he had the sum allegedly distended within an hour of Liechtenstein. In March 2013 following a decision of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna, most of the record deposit of EUR 90 million was refunded. From the perspective of Meinl Bank is after this step, the only logical conclusion that the criminal proceedings against Meinl is set. The previous investigations take now (April 2013) more than five years and have so far been without result. Measures taken in the course of the proceedings seized by police raids documentation prevails, according to an article in the daily newspaper Die Presse utter chaos that was allegedly inflicted by a reviewer.
In the problems Meinl Austria's former Finance Minister Karl -Heinz Grasser is involved in so far as he has been involved from the Julius Meinl V at the fund management and should have made it, according to media criticism at the expense of investors disproportionately high revenue. ( In the meantime, this activity has completed claims to Grasser. ) The Vienna public prosecutor has set the relevant studies in August 2010. Previously Grasser and Meinl Been advised to talk because Grasser was a guest exit with Meinl's yacht, had participated in the with the two also involved in the BAWAG scandal Wolfgang Flöttl.