Christoph Neumayer was born on 6 September 1966 in Vienna. He studied history, journalism and law at the University of Vienna and graduated with distinction in history and communication sciences in 1996. After positions, among others, at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF as editor and managing editor as well as Federal Managing Director of the Young Industry, he was head of the IV Marketing & Communications Department at the House of Industry for ten years. Neumayer has been Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) since April 2011.