Manfred Kastner is Chairman of the Management Board of C.A.T. Oil AG, a leading oil and gas service company in Russia, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Kastner completed his studies at the University of Economics in Vienna, with a focus on capital markets, economics and languages. He is the Founder and President of the Board of the Vision Microfinance Fund, a fund with more than 100 million EUR microcredits worldwide.

Kastner is a founding partner of numerous companies, primarily Internet ventures.