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Dr. Katharina ERDMENGER
Head, Liaison Office of the DGB (Confederation of German Trade Unions), Brussels
| 1989 | European Baccalaureate, European school, Brussels |
| 1989-1998 | University studies, History, Political science, International law, Bonn and Oxford, MA 1994, PhD 1998 |
| 1997-1999 | Assistant to MEPs, Brussels |
| 1999-2002 | European Policy Officer, Diakonisches Werk Berlin |
| 2002-2005 | Head of section, Economic Policies, DGB Berlin |
| since 2005 | Director, DGB liaison office, Brussels |
Dr. Rainer GEIGER
Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris
| Graduate of the University of Heidelberg in Germany, advanced law degree, PhD, and Columbia Law School in New York, United States LL.M | |
| 1972-1976 | Counsellor, Ministry of Economics and Economic Cooperation, Germany |
| 1976-1977 | Secretary of the Finance Commission, Conference on International Economic Cooperation, Paris |
| since 1977 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, in various positions, currently Deputy Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme |
| since 1996 | Associate Professor for international economic law, University Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| since 2001 | Co-Chairman, Investment Compact for South East Europe |
Mag. Maria Theresa LEIN
Managing Director, Direct Selling Europe, Brussels
| 1996-2002 | Magistra iuris, Law studies, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2003-2003 | Project director, Research project Communal Loan Conditions , Institute of Comparative Law (Prof. Ofner), University of Vienna |
| Assistant to the judge, District of the High Court Vienna (District Court Josefstadt, Commercial Court Vienna) | |
| 2004-2005 | Associate, Law firm of Dr. Dieter Böhmdorfer |
| 2005 | Political Adviser, cabinet of State Secretary Helmut Kukacka (ministry of transport) |
| 2005-2007 | Adviser/Lobbyist, Brussels office of Federation of Austrian Industry |
| since 2007 | Build-up and management of the European association Direct Selling Europe as Managing Director |
Dr. Emanuel MARAVIC
Director, Vienna Office, EIB - European Investment Bank, Vienna
| 1977-1996 | Creditanstalt, Vienna |
| 1980-1982 | Head, Syndication Department, Banque Européenne de Crédit, Brussels |
| 1982-1985 | Deputy Head, International Project Finance Department, Creditanstalt Vienna |
| 1985-1986 | Credit Control Division of Deutsche Bank (Asia), Hamburg, and Head of the Special Work-out Unit of Deutsche Bank Sydney, Australia |
| 1986-1987 | Associate Director, Merchant Bank subsidiary of Deutsche Bank (Asia), Hongkong, and Branch Manager of Deutsche Bank, Manila, Philippines |
| 1987-1989 | Deputy Branch Manager, Creditanstalt New York Branch, USA |
| 1989-1991 | Head, International Credit Risk and Control Department for all the international subsidiaries and branches, Creditanstalt Group |
| 1991-1992 | Managing Director, "Specialised Finance Unit", Creditanstalt London, i.e. the bank´s international work-out and restructuring operation |
| 1992-1994 | Managing Director, Creditanstalt Anlagenbau und Leasing Ges.m.b.H, Vienna, the international leasing operations of the Group |
| 1994-1996 | Director and Head, International Trade and Corporate Finance Department, Creditanstalt Group |
| since 1996 | European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg |
| 1996-2000 | Director, Lending Operations Germany and Austria |
| 2000-2003 | Director, Lending Operations Accession Countries (Central and Eastern Europe) |
| 2004-2005 | Director, Lending Operations Central Europe (Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia) |
| since 2006 | Director, Vienna Office (covering Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia) |
Dr. Adrian VAN DEN HOVEN
Director for International Relations, BUSINESSEUROPE, Brussels
| 2000 | PhD in Political Science from the University of Nice |
| Adrian van den Hoven worked as International Relations researcher and as adjunct professor in Italy (European University Institute of Florence - EUI), France (Nice) and Canada (Windsor). | |
| Current position: Director for international Relations at BUSINESSEUROPE with overall responsibility over WTO and bilateral trade relations. |
Dr. Alexandra FÖDERL-SCHMID
Correspondent, Israel and Palestine Territories, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tel Aviv
| Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, born in 1971, has been with the Süddeutsche Zeitung since September 2017 and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Before that, she was editor-in-chief for ten years and later co-editor of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard and the news portal derStandard.at. She has studied journalism, political science and history and earned her doctorate on the dual broadcasting system in Germany. Furthermore, she was 2005 Reuters/APA-Geiringer-Fellow in Oxford. She was awarded with the Austrian Kurt-Vorhofer-Prize for politcal journalism, the Constitutional Award and the Ari-Rath-Prize. In addition, she was instrumental in the reestablishment of the Press Council in Austria. |
