PEOPLE
Executive Board
Daniel Baumgartner
Chairman / CEO
Daniel Baumgartner is a serial entrepreneur with a varied and extensive career over the last 25 years. After graduating in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Austria, he started his career as an IT specialist. In the areas of consulting and system architecture, he was responsible for well-known companies, such as Microsoft, Volkswagen, Porsche, OMV.
He began his entrepreneurship by founding the company b.media, an IT Service Provider with later subsidiaries in Switzerland, Romania, Qatar and the USA, focusing on Software development, media-, trading- and advertising services. Additionally, he held several board member positions in different global companies. During this time, he founded Playglobal with global subsidiaries to extend his growing network particulary in the Middle East region.
Manuel Neuwirth
Vice-Chairman / COO
Manuel Neuwirth is a seasoned entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in security and surveillance. After completing his education in telecommunications and Computer technology, holding various leadership roles in security management, he assumed responsibility for operational security management at a Family Office in Vienna.
For the past seven years, he has played a key role in the restructuring process of Playglobal, where he now holds a leadership position in managing and organizing key business tasks.
In addition to his executive role at Playglobal, he oversees international projects and works across the company´s global subsidiaries in Austria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the USA.
Thomas Liebert
CFO / Board of Directors
Thomas is a highly experienced practice-related manager with profound Entrepreneurship and extensive experience in restructuring, reorganization and establishment of medium-sized and big enterprises, as well as in the management of in-house and external projects.
He has 30 years of experience in those fields and worked in more than seven countries (Asia, Europe, South America) during that time including longer stays.
He is a professional and skilled negotiator, specialized in cross-culture situations. Analytical and assertive, with an international orientation, local flexibility and high willingness to travel, goal-and team oriented.
Advisory Board
Milica Gruban
Member of the Advisory Board
Head of Real Estate Development, Architecture
