1996-2001 | Diploma, Media-Planning, -Developing, -Consulting, Universities of Siegen, Sevilla and Fribourg |
2002-2004 | Lecturer, Institute Political Sciences and European Studies, University of Hamburg |
2002-2006 | Volunteer Campaigner and Trade Expert, Friends of the Earth, Berlin |
2002-2007 | PhD, Global Political Economy, Hegemony Theory, Institutionalism, Universities of Hamburg, Kassel, Toronto |
2006-2008 | Campaign Manager Climate/Energy, World Future Council, Hamburg |
2008-2012 | Director Future Justice, World Future Council, Brussels |
since 2013 | Head Berlin Office, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Berlin |
2014 | Regular Lecturer, Master programme Strategic Sustainability Management, University for Sustainability Eberswalde |
| Occasional Lecturer, University of Witten-Herdecke & Leuphana University Lüneburg |
since 2017 | Secretary General, German Advisory Council on Global Change, Berlin |
1992-1997 | HAK Business School, Freistadt |
1997-1998 | Radio Operator, Military Service |
1999-2014 | Manager Electronic Business, Kreisel GmbH, Freistadt |
since 2014 | Chief Executive Officer, Kreisel GmbH, Freistadt |
since 2015 | Chief Executive Officer, Kreisel Electric GmbH, Freistadt |
1979-1981 | BSc, Economics, University of Buckingham |
1981-1993 | Founder & Managing Director, Marton Diagnostics and Marton International, London |
1983-1984 | MSc, European Studies and International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London |
1985-1987 | MBA, Business Administration and Management, London Business School |
since 1989 | Founder President, Progressio Foundation, Rotterdam |
| Initiated, or invited to, lead 300 projects in 30 countries in pursuit of 2 'civic enterprise & the civic economy'. Partnered with UN agencies, philantropies, businesses, governments, NGOs, investors and thought-leaders. |
1993-1994 | Co-Founder & Executive Director, Social Venture Network Europe |
1996-1997 | Visiting Lecturer, MBA Program, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
1996-1998 | Development Director, New Academy of Business |
2003-2004 | Co-Founder, Spirit in Business, Zurich |
2013 | Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University |
since 2013 | Executive Fellow Enterprise Acceleration, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
since 2014 | Co-founder, B Lab Europe, Amsterdam |
2015-2016 | DCI Fellow, Entrepreneurship with Science & Technology focus, Standford University |
since 2016 | Chairman, SIX - Social Innovation eXchange, London |
since 2017 | Member of the Advisory Committee, DanoneWave |
| Global Ambassador, B Lab, Amsterdam |
| Master of Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Master Class Eastern Europe, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
1998-1999 | Business Analyst, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Information Services, Vienna |
1999-2000 | Vice President Projects and Programmes, Executive Board member, AIESEC Vienna |
2000-2005 | Senior Consultant, Unisys Austria, Vienna |
2005-2010 | Senior Project Manager, Roland Berger, energy and telecommunication competence centers, Vienna |
2010-2012 | Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Management Board, Bulgarian Energy Holding, Sofia |
| Steering Committee Member, Nabucco Pipeline, Vienna |
| Chairman of the Board, Bulgartel EAD and ICGB EAD, Sofia |
2014-2015 | Senior Advisor, Roland Berger, Head of Energy, Oil & Gas practice Russia and CIS, ViennaMunich |
since 2013 | Managing Director, JKG Advisory, Vienna |
| Master of Business Administration; Johannes Kepler University Linz, Majors: International & Strategic Management, Organization Science, Environmental Management |
| Master of Business Administration (exchange term); Budapest University of Economic Science, Major: International Marketing |
1997-2000 | Language Trainer English, CEF Sprachinstitut. Linz, Austria |
1998 | Consulting Project, Internationalisation (USA). Hofer Kerzen GmbH Weyer, Austria |
| Junior Consultant, Internationalisation projects (North America). AT Consult Inc. New York City, USA |
1997 | Consulting Project, Strategic & Organisational development, ISO9001 certification, C. Bergmann. Linz, Austria |
2001 | Junior Researcher. Research project for master Thesis (2002): "The transforming power of business‐to‐business electronic business", GCI Management AG. Munich, Germany |
2003-2006 | CEO, Wenna Consult GmbH. Linz, Austria |
| Since 2007 Head of Business Development, Wenna Glas GmbH. Linz, Austria |