High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Johannes (Hannes) Androsch is an Austrian entrepreneur and consultant; a former Social Democrat top politician who served as an Austrian Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1981 and additionally as Vice Chancellor from 1976–1981; and a former banker who from 1981-1988 was the General Director of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein (Austria’s leading bank at that time) and subsequently an advisor to the World Bank. From 1989 onward he built an industrial investment group, Androsch International Consulting (AIC) which is a major factor in Austria`s internationally active corporate landscape. In addition, Androsch`s foundation is an important sponsor of research and development activities in Austria where he is regularly consulted on matters of political, economic and financial importance.