Management
Dr. Franz Temmel

Dr. Franz Temmel
Managing Director (CEO)

Franz Temmel studied journalism and political science at the Universities of Vienna and Leipzig; and graduated in 1989 with a PH.D. In 1991, he founded the PR-firm Temmel, Seywald & Partners, and in 1997 the pressetext news agency. His main focus is the development and expansion of news distribution networks.
Dr. Temmel earned several awards for the deployment of new groundbreaking technologies from the Federal Chancellery of Austria and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. In addition to pressetext, he is also responsible for the Solidone Mediendienstleistung GmbH in Berlin.

Contact: +43 1 81140-0
email: gf@pressetext.com

Dr. Wilfried Seywald

Dr. Wilfried Seywald
International Desk and Video Service

Wilfried Seywald earned a journalism and political science degree from the University of Vienna. During his studies, he worked as a freelance journalist and tourism consultant. From 1988 to 1993, he served as foreign editor at the Austrian Press Agency. Since 1991, he has been the head of the PR consultancy firm Temmel, Seywald & Partners. He was active in numerous companies and institutions, including Government campaigns during the European integration and Euro adoption. Together with Franz Temmel, he founded pressetext in 1997. Dr. Seywald is Director of New Business, Sales & Marketing and President of the European News Network Distribution (Nedine).

Contact: +43 1 81140-0
email: wien@pressetext.com