| 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 |
| 1987 | Doktor rer.soc.oec. (Ph.D. in Economics), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck |
| 1995 | Venia Docendi, Economic Policy and Public Finance, University of Vienna |
| 1997-2001 | Professor of Public Economics, University of Saarland; Director of European Institute, Economics, University of Saarland |
| since 2001 | Professor of Public Economics and Director of FGN-HSG, University of St. Gallen |
| 2012-2014 | Director, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| since 2015 | Director, Wirtschaftspolitisches Zentrum, St. Gallen |
| 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 |
| 1991-1997 | Law Studies, University of Passau |
| 1997-1998 | LL.D. Studies, Public International Law, University of Kiel |
| 1999 | Dr. iur./LL.D. |
| 1998 | Legal Officer, Court of Appeal, Baden Baden |
| 2000 | Foreign Affairs Reporter, Der Standard, Vienna |
| 2002 | EU- and NATO Correspondent, Der Standard, Brussels |
| 2004 | Spokesman, European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Brussels |
| 2009 | Head of Unit ff. 'Spokesman, Communication, Public Relations', European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Brussels |
| 2010 | Counsellor for Trade Affairs in the GCC, European Union Delegation for Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, Riyadh |
| since 2015 | Head, Representation of the European Commission in Austria, Vienna |
| 1982-1987 | Studies of Economic Sciences, University of Vienna |
| 1983-1988 | Studies of Legal Sciences, University of Vienna |
| 1988-1990 | International Studies, University of Vienna |
| 1993-1994 | Postgraduate Studies, Nonprofit-Management, University of Freiburg |
| 1988-2001 | Federation of Austrian Industry (IV) |
| 1988-1992 | Department for Trade and International Monetary Policy, Federation of Austrian Industry |
| 1992-1993 | Assistant to the Secretary General, Federation of Austrian Industry |
| 1993-2001 | Head, European Information Service (1995-2001 official Euro Info Centre of the European Commission) |
| 1996-2001 | Managing Director, Association "Euro Info Centre der Industriellenvereinigung" |
| 1996-2000 | Head of Department "European Integration" |
| 2000-2001 | Managing Director of the projects "EU-competition law and Austrian Competition Authority" and "Austrian Offset-Opportunities" |
| since 2001 | Head of European Policy Coordination Department, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber WKÖ, Vienna |
