| 1990 | Higher education entrance qualification (Abitur), Werratal school, Heringen |
| 1990-1991 | Non-military national service, Protestant Church |
| 1991-1997 | Political science, public law, German studies, sociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2000-2002 | Lecturer, Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 1987 | Member, SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Federal Chairperson, Young Socialists |
| since 1996 | Member, Executive Committee, North Hesse district, SPD |
| since 1998 | Directly elected member, German Bundestag, electoral district 169 Werra-Meissner - Hersfeld-Rotenburg |
| 2009-2014 | Secretary-General, SPD Land Hesse |
| Spokesperson, SPD members of the Bundestag from Land Hesse |
| 1998-2013 | Spokesperson on Europe, SPD parliamentary group, Berlin |
| since 2013 | State Minister for Europe, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin |
| 1976-1979 | Industry Policy Department, Ministry of Economics |
| 1979 | DG Energy, Oil Market Division, European Commission |
| 1982-1983 | Energy Policy Department, Ministry of Economics |
| 1984-1991 | DG Energy, Energy Policy Division, European Commission |
| 1991 | Head of Sector, Energy and Environment (DG XVII), European Commission |
| 1993 | Head of Unit, Functioning of the Internal Market (DG XVII-A-3), European Commission |
| 1996 | Head of Unit, General Policy (DG XVII-A-1), European Commission |
| 2000 | Head of Unit, General Policy and Inter-Institutional Relations (DG TREN-A-1), European Commission |
| 2002 | Head of Unit, Economic Regulation in Air Transport (DG TREN-F-1), European Commission |
| 2004 | Head of Unit, Services of General Economic Interest, Users’ Rights and Infringements (DG TREN-A-5), European Commission |
| 2008 | Director, Nuclear Energy (DG TREN-H/ENER-D), European Commission |
| 2010 | Acting Deputy Director-General (DG ENER), European Commission |
| 2013 | retired from European Commission |
| 2014 | Secretary General, UEAPME - European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Brussels |
| | Studium der Rechtswissenschaften |
| 1994-1995 | Gerichtsjahr |
| 1996 | Forschungsstipendium in Paris und Genf |
| 1992-1993 | Flüchtlingsberaterin, Amnesty International |
| 1996-1999 | Mitarbeiterin, Sozialpolitisches Referat des ÖGB |
| 1999-2008 | Leiterin, ÖGB-Europabüro, Brüssel |
| 2009 | Leiterin, Stabstelle EU und Internationales, ÖGB |
| seit 2009 | Abgeordnete, Europäisches Parlament |
| | Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Ausschuss für Recht |
| | Stv. Mitglied, Ausschuss für Beschäftigung und soziale Angelegenheiten |
| | Stv. Mitglied, Ausschuss für konstitutionelle Fragen |
| | Mitglied, Delegation für die Beziehungen zur Andengemeinschaft |
| | Stv. Mitglied, Delegation für die Beziehungen zu Israel |
| | Stv. Mitglied, Sonderausschuss zu den politischen Herausforderungen und den Haushaltsmitteln für eine nachhaltige Europäische Union nach 2013 (2010 - 2011) |
| 1978-1983 | Institute of Higher Education for Tourism, Schloss Klessheim, Salzburg |
| 1984 | Entry into the family business |
| 1987 | Chief Executive Officer, Hochzillertal GmbH, Kaltenbach |
| Managing Director, Schultz Group, Kaltenbach |
| 2004-2010 | President, Women in the Economy, Schwaz |
| since 2005 | Committee member, Association of Travel Agencies in Tyrol |
| 2008-2010 | Vice President, Tyrol Economic Chamber, Innsbruck |
| 2008-2011 | Member of the Committee, Tyrol Tourism-Development Fund, Innsbruck |
| Member, Advisory Board for Tyrol Tourism, Innsbruck |
| 2008-2013 | President, Women in the Economy, Austrian People's Party Business Federation, Vienna |
| President, Women in the Economy, Tyrol Economic Chamber, Innsbruck |
| since 2008 | Member of Economic Parliament, Tyrol Economic Chamber, Innsbruck |
| since 2010 | Member of the Steering Committee for the Division for Tourism and the Leisure Industry, The Tyrol Economic Chamber, Innsbruck |
| Deputy Chairwoman, Association of Hotels in Tyrol |
| Vice President, WKO - Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| 2012-2015 | Deputy President of EUROCHAMBRES, Brussels |
| since 2015 | President, "Women in Business", Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
| Vice President of EUROCHAMBRES, Brussels |
| since 2016 | President of the ibw - Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft Austria, Research and Development in Vocational Education and Training,Vienna |
| Vice President of Wirtschaftsbund and Vice President "Women in Business", Wirtschaftsbund, Central Office, Vienna |
| 2000-2001 | Junior Advisor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Internship, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg |
| 2002-2005 | Advisor, EU-Office of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels |
| 2005-2012 | Internal Market Advisor, Enterprise Europe Network, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Head of the EU-Office, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Brussels |
