| 1991-1995 | Project Manager, Voest Alpine Industrial Services |
| 1995-2000 | Member, Communication and Investor Relations department, VA Technologie AG, Vienna |
| 2000-2005 | Head of Investor Relations and PR, responsible for internal communication and IT coordination, VA Technologie AG, Vienna |
| 2005-2014 | Head of Investor Relations, Corporate Governance & CSR, Österreichische Post AG, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Head of Investor Relations, Österreichische Post AG, Vienna |
| 1995-2015 | Founder; Leader, wind energy consultant anemos-jacob |
| 2009-2013 | Adjunct Professor, Regional Climate Change, University of Bergen |
| 2013-2014 | Deputy Director, Climate Service Center, Hamburg |
| 2014-2015 | Acting Director, Climate Service Center 2.0, Hamburg |
| since 2015 | Director of Climate Service Center Germany, Hamburg |
| since 2016 | Visiting professor, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg |
| 1994 | Master level degree, Business Engineering, Technical University of Karlsruhe |
| 1994-2003 | Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe |
| 2002 | Ph.D. degree, Economics, University of Oldenburg |
| 2003-2006 | Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich |
| 2007-2014 | Senior research consultant, Rütter + Partner / Rütter Soceco AG, Socio-economic research + consulting, Rüschlikon |
| since 2014 | Member, management board, Rütter Soceco AG Socio-economic research + consulting |
| 1976-1980 | Dr. iur., Law School, University of Graz |
| 1981-1982 | Legal Trainee, Regional and Superior Court, Klagenfurt |
| 1982-1984 | Associate, Dr. Gerhard Fink, Klagenfurt |
| 1984-1986 | Diploma, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna |
| 1986-1987 | Junior Professional Officer, United Nations Development Development Programme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| 1987 | Associate, Dr. Gerhard Fink, Klagenfurt |
| 1987-1988 | Attaché, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Political Department, Vienna |
| 1988 | Attaché, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, Vienna |
| 1988-1991 | Consul, Austrian Consulate General, Los Angeles (CA) |
| 1991-1994 | Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Austria, United Nations and International Organisations, Geneva |
| 1994-1995 | Head of Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Legal Department, Vienna |
| 1995-1997 | Head of Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Economic Policy and European Integration, Vienna |
| 1997-1998 | Deputy Director, International Organisation, OSCSE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Vienna |
| 1998 | Head of Unit, Economic relations with international organisations, Directorate General IB, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1998-1999 | Head of Unit, Relations with international organisations and integration of sectoral policies, Directorate General IB, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1999-2001 | Head of Unit, Development Policy and multilateral issues, Directorate General DEV, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2001-2005 | Head of Unit, Relations with the United Nations System, Member States and other OECD Donors, Directorate General DEV, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2005-2009 | Head of Unit, Environmental Agreements and Trade, Directorate General ENV, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2009-2014 | Head of Unit, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Processes and Trade Issues, Directorate General ENV, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2014-2016 | Head of Unit, Ecoinnovation and circular economy, Directorate General ENV, European Commission, Brussels |
| since 2016 | Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products and Consumption, Directorate General ENV, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1991-1999 | Master, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Karl Franzens University of Graz |
| 1996-1998 | Master, University of St. Andrews |
| 1999-2000 | D.E.A.; Research Assistant, Paris Nanterre & Cergy-Pontoise |
| 2001-2004 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Karl Franzens University of Graz |
| 2002-2005 | Research scientist, POLICIES Institute for Economic and Innovation Research, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz |
| 2005-2015 | Head, Research Group Regional Science, Risk and Resource Economics, POLICIES Institute for Economic and Innovation Research, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz |
| since 2016 | Director, LIFE - Centre for Climate, Energy and Society, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz |
| 1993 | Master degree, Mechanical Engineering, Graz University of Technology |
| since 1993 | Scientist at JOANNEUM RESEARCH |
| 2000 | Ph.D., "Greenhouse Gas Balance of Bioenergy Systems" |
| 2002-2007 | Chair Person, COST Action E31 "Management of Recovered Wood" |
| since 2006 | Lecturer, "Ecological Resource Management", Vienna University of Technology |
| 2007-2015 | National Team Leader, IEA Bioenergy Task 42 "Biorefinery" |
| since 2011 | Operating Agent, IEA HEV Task 30 "Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Vehicles" |
| since 2015 | Operating Agent, IEA HEV Task 33 "Battery Electric Buses" |
| since 2016 | Leader, CCCA Working Group "Consumption based Greenhouse Gas Accounting" |
