Dr. Clemens Pig
Clemens Pig is Managing Director of the APA - Austria Press Agency Group (Vienna). He is also Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Swiss news agency group Keystone-SDA (Bern) and has been Vice President of the Austrian Cooperative Association (ÖGV) since May 2023.

While studying political science, the Innsbruck native founded the company "MediaWatch - Institut für Medienanalysen GmbH" with university colleagues in 1996 and brought it into the APA Group after a successful sale. In 2008, Pig moved to the management of APA in Vienna, initially as Head of Marketing and Sales and Managing Director of the APA subsidiary APA-DeFacto Datenbank & Contentmanagement GmbH.

In 2014, Pig was appointed Managing Director of the APA Group and became Chairman in 2016. In his academic work, Pig has written a number of publications and book chapters on political communication in the digital transformation process of the media.

Pig received the Austrian Science Award from the PRVA - Public Relations Association Austria in 2013 and was named "Media Manager of the Year" by the industry magazine "Der österreichische Journalist" in 2018. The magazine "Extradienst" voted him "Communicator of the Year" in 2021 and 2023.

Dr. Clemens Pig
CEO APA - Austria Press Agency

Clemens Pig is the CEO of APA - Austria Press Agency Group (Vienna). He is also vice president of the board of directors of the Swiss news agency group KEYSTONE-SDA (Bern) and since May 2023 vice president of the Austrian Association of Cooperatives (ÖGV).

While studying political science, the Innsbruck native founded the company "MediaWatch - Institut für Medienanalysen GmbH" with colleagues at university and, following a successful sale, merged it into APA-Group. In 2008 Pig joined the management in Vienna and was initially employed as the manager of marketing and sales as well as the managing director of the APA subsidiary APA-DeFacto Datenbank & Contentmanagement GmbH.

In 2014 Pig was appointed managing director of APA-Group and took over as chairman of the board of directors in 2016. In his academic work, Pig discusses political communication in the process of digital transformation in the media in a series of publications and essays in books.

In 2013 Pig was awarded the Austrian Research Award of the Austrian Public Relations Association (PRVA). Pig was named "Media Manager of the Year" by the industry magazine "Der österreichische Journalist" in 2018 and "Communicator of the Year" by industry magazine "Extradienst" in 2021 and 2023.

Keynote: Democracy dies in Darkness

Clemens Pig