Peter Umundum earned a degree in informatics and technical mathematics and started his professional career in 1988 when he joined Steirerbrau AG, where he headed the Software Development department as well as the Organization and Information department.

He left the company in 1994 to join Styria Medien AG, where he became the Managing Director of its subsidiary Media Consult Austria GmbH after only two years. In 1999, he co-founded Redmail and became its Managing Director. In 2001, Peter Umundum was entrusted with the position of Managing Director of the newspaper “Die Presse“. Three years later, he was appointed Managing Director of the daily “Kleine Zeitung”. In 2005, he joined Austrian Post as an Executive in the Letter Mail Division, the company’s largest division.

On 1st April 2011, Peter Umundum was appointed Member of the Executive Board, responsible for Parcel & Logistics. In addition, Peter Umundum took over the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board of the European transport network EURODIS.