Lobbying for Environment, Climate and Energy – Case Studies
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Mag. Folker FRANZ
Director Industrial Affairs, BUSINESSEUROPE, Brussels
1993-1998 | Studies in Economics, University of Konstanz and Université Paris Dauphine |
1998-2002 | Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH, Berlin |
since 2003 | BUSINESSEUROPE, the Confederation of European Business, Brussels |
since 2010 | Director Industrial Affairs - in charge of EU climate, energy, industrial policies, BUSINESSEUROPE, the Confederation of European Business, Brussels |
Dr. Hanns R. GLATZ
Representative for EU Affairs, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG, Brussels
Studied law, politics and economics, University of Vienna | |
Doctor of laws, University of Vienna | |
MA European Studies, College of Europe in Bruges | |
1968 | Private Office, Austrian Minister of Agriculture, Vienna |
1970 | Ford Europe, Governmental Affairs Office, Brussels |
1979 | Secretary General of the CLCA, the EU federation of national motor vehicle manufacturers associations, Brussels |
1989-2009 | Head, Corporate Representative Office for European Affairs, Daimler-Benz (now Daimler AG), Brussels |
since 2010 | Head of Brussels Office, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG, International |
Mag. Gregor KREUZHUBER
Consultant, g+ Europe, Brussels
University degree economic sciences in Vienna and Madrid | |
Option trader in London | |
Freelance journalist | |
Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioner Franz Fischler | |
Spokesperson of EU Commissioner Franz Fischler | |
Spokesperson of EU Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen | |
Senior Partner at g+ europe, Brussels | |
With his in-depth knowledge of the EU's media and decision-making process, Gregor provides strategic advice for the EU consultancy GPlus Europe to a number of blue-chip companies from the IT, energy and chemicals sector. | |
Prior to joining GPlus as a partner in 2006 Gregor spent over ten years in the European Commission as a spokesperson and political adviser to two different Commissioners. His last post was with Commission Vice-President in charge of Enterprise and Industry Günter Verheugen. Prior to this he was the Commission's Spokesman for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries with Commissioner Franz Fischler. He was at the forefront of communicating the Commission's handling of the BSE crisis and was part of the EU's negotiating team at the WTO Summits in Seattle, Doha, Cancun and Geneva. | |
During his stint with the European Commission he communicated their position on many of the headline-grabbing pieces of EU legislation, including the EU's new chemicals registration system (REACH), the new legislative framework for the European car industry, the Better Regulation initiative, the reform of farm and fisheries policies, the foot-and-mouth crisis and the Doha Development Round. | |
This experience has given him a unique understanding and insight into how high-level policy making works in the EU. His specific areas of expertise are crisis communication and the fields of biotechnology, trade, agriculture, information technology and industry policy. |
Mag. Richard KÜHNEL
Head, European Commission Representation in Austria, Vienna
1989-1994 | Studium der Rechtswissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz; Auslandssemester in Lyon, Florenz, Princeton |
1994-2004 | Diplomatischer Dienst, Außenministerium, u. a. in Tokio, New York |
2004-2008 | Kabinett der Kommissarin für Außenbeziehungen und Europäische Nachbarschaftspolitik Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner |
seit 2008 | Vertreter der Europäischen Kommission in Österreich |