| 1974-1980 | Study of economics at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna |
| 1977-1980 | Study of law at the University of Vienna |
| 1980 | Doctor's degree in both fields of study |
| 1980-1981 | Legal practice at court |
| 1981-1987 | Deputy Head of Legal Department/ Export Guarantees, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG |
| 1987-1999 | Creditanstalt-Bankverein (from 1 January 1998 Creditanstalt AG) |
| 1992 | Head of Trade and International Project Finance |
| 1993 | Assistant General Manager and Deputy Head of Finance Division |
| 1995 | Deputy General Manager and Head of Finance and Consulting Division, additionally from |
| 1998 | Head of Division, Multinational Corporates and Insurance Sector |
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| | Following the integrations steps in the Bank Austria Creditanstalt Group from July 1999: |
| 1999-2002 | Head of Group Division, Multinational Corporates and Products, Bank Austria AG |
| 2000 | Head of Multinational Corporates, Corporate and Trade Finance Division, additionally from |
| 2002 | Head of Corporate Customers Division |
| Head of Multinational Corporates, Corporate and Trade Finance Division, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG |
| 2003 | Member of the Management Board, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG |
| | responsible for Multinational Corporates, Corporate Customers and Real Estate Finance (April 2003 - January 2004) |
| | additionally responsible for the CEE region (January 2004 - May 2006) |
| | Corporate Banking and UniCredit Group's Leasing Operations (May 2006 - December 2007) |
| | Corporate Banking and Sponsor for Global Account/ Cross Border Business Management within the UniCredit Corporate |
| | Division Executive Management Committee (January 2008 - September 2008) |
| 2008-2010 | Member of the Managing Board and Chief Executive Austrian Banking, BAWAG P.S.K. (responsible for Retail and Commercial Business) |
| | May 2011 Vice-Rector, Infrastructure, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| | Oct. 2011 Vice-Rector for Financial Affairs and Infrastructure, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
