| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels |
| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna |
| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels |
| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015 |
| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
| 1977 | Law Studies in Vienna (Dr. iur.) |
| 1977-1978 | Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 1978 | Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague |
| 1979 | Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
| 1982-1986 | Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels |
| 1986-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Moscow |
| 1991-1993 | Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna |
| 1993-1995 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna |
| 1995-1999 | Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1996-1999 | Deputy Political Director, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels |
| 2002-2004 | Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans |
| 2003-2004 | Representative of the Federal Chancellor of Austria in the Commission on the Reform of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna |
| 2003-2008 | Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna |
| 2008-2011 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York (President of the Security Council in November 2009) |
| 2011 | Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York |
| since 2015 | Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels |
| | Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin |
| | Eamon Gilmore is the European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights, and since 2015, he has been the EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia. Mr Gilmore is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, and former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2011-2014). |
| | He was a member of Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) from 1989 until 2016, and was Leader of the Irish Labour Party (2007-2014). He served on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2004-2007) and was Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE (2012). Prior to his election to Dáil Éireann, he worked as a trade union officer (1978-1989), and he was President of the Union of Students in Ireland (1976-1978). |
| | He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law and Government in Dublin City University and in 2017 was Visiting Practitioner Chair at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest. |
| | He is a graduate (Psychology) of the National University of Ireland, Galway, which has also conferred him with an Honorary Doctorate in Laws. He has received several international honours and awards for his work on Peace and his leadership on human rights issues. |
| | Eamon Gilmore was born in 1955, grew up on a small farm in Caltra, County Galway. He has lived in Shankill, Dublin for most of his adult life. He is married to Carol Hanney and they have one daughter and two sons. |
| 1981-1983 | Advisor, Minister of Economy and Finance, Jacques Delors, Paris |
| 1983-1985 | Deputy Head of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's cabinet, Paris |
| 1985-1994 | Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission Jacques Delors Cabinet, and his "sherpa" at the G-7/G-8, Brussels |
| 1994-1999 | Recovery of the French Bank Crédit Lyonnais, then Chief Executive Officer, Paris |
| 1999-2004 | Commissioner for Trade under the presidency of Romano Prodi, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2005-2013 | Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Geneva |
| since 2015 | Interministerial delegate for the preparation of the French candidature for the Universal Exhibition 2025 |
| since 2016 | President of the French Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) |
| Chair of the European group of experts in charge of evaluating the impact of EU research funding |
| since 2018 | Chair of the Paris Peace Forum |
| 1973 | Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopolies, Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate |
| 1974 | Staff Assistant to United States Senator Phillip A. Hart |
| 1977 | Student Intern at Federal Research Board, Washington, DC |
| 1978 | Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm |
| 1978-1980 | Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Cambridge, MA |
| 1979-1980 | Research Associate, Falk Institute of Economic Research, Jerusalem, Israel, Collaboration with Michael Bruno |
| 1981 | Visiting Research Associate, London School of Economics |
| 1982 | Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC |
| 1983 | Consultant, OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Visiting Professor, Ecole des Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris |
| 1984-2002 | Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University (Assistant Professor, 1980-1982, Associate Professor, 1982-1983, Full Professor 1984-2002) |
| 1984-1986 | Visiting Professor, Institute of World Economics, Kiel |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Scholar, Bank of Japan and Japan Ministry of Finance, Tokyo |
| 1990-1992 | Visiting Professor of Macroeconomic Policy, WIDER - World Institute of Development Economics,Research, United Nations University, Helsinki |
| 1994-1996 | Founder and Chair, Executive Committee, Institute of Economic Analysis, Moscow |
| 1995-1999 | Director, Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, MA |
| 1998-2002 | Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University |
| 1999-2000 | Member, International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission appointed by U.S. Congress |
| 2000-2001 | Chair, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health for the World Health Organization, Geneva |
| 2002-2006 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Millennium Development Goals; Director, United Nations Millennium Project |
| 2002-2016 | Director, The Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Colombia University, New York |
| 2007-2016 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Millenium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals |
| 2010-2015 | Member, UN Secretary General's MDG Advocacy Group |
| | |
| | Current functions: |
| | Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, New York |
| | Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres |
| | University Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| | Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| | Distinguished Fellow, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| | Co-Founder and Director, Millennium Promise |
| | Founder and Chair, SDG USA |
| | Economic Advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia |
| | Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA |
| | Member, Brookings Panel of Economists, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC |
| | Co-Chair, Asian Economic Panel of Economists |
