| Master's Degree (Magister), Economics and Business Administration, WU Wien - University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria |
1986 | Financial Services, Europay/MasterCard, Vienna, Austria |
1996 | General Electric GE Capital and GE Corporate National Executive, Vienna, Austria and Slovenia |
1999-2010 | Several Executive Roles, The Western Union Company, Europe, Middle East and Asia |
since 2010 | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Western Union Company, Englewood/Denver |
| B.A. Administration, Université du Québec, Hull |
| B.A. History, Université Laval, Quebec City |
1987-1990 | Assessment and Enquiries Officer, Revenue Canada, Ottawa |
1990-1990 | Foreign Service Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa |
1990-1992 | Third Secretary and Immigration Officer, Embassy of Canada, Port-au-Prince |
1992- 1994 | First Secretary and Immigration Officer, Embassy of Canada, Manila |
1994-1995 | First Secretary and Immigration Officer, Commission (Consulate) of Canada, Hong Kong |
1995-1997 | Counselor and Deputy Program Manager, Embassy of Canada, Belgrade |
1997-2001 | Counselor and Program Manager, Immigration and Visa Section, Embassy of Canada, Buenos Aires |
2001-2003 | Deputy Director, Assignment Unit, Personnel Division, International Region, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa |
2003-2004 | Deputy Director, Control and Anti-fraud Division, Intelligence Branch, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa |
2004-2008 | Counselor and Programme Manager, Visa Section, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo |
2008-2011 | Counselor and Programme Manager, Immigration and Visa Section, High Commission of Canada, Pretoria |
2011-2014 | Counselor and Programme Manager, Immigration and Visa Section, Embassy of Canada, Bucharest |
since 2014 | Counselor and Programme Manager, Immigration Section, Embassy of Canada, Vienna |
2008-2011 | Provincial Chairman of the Young ÖVP - Austrian People's Party, Vienna |
since 2009 | Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP |
2010-2011 | Member of the Vienna Provincial Diet and Vienna City Council, ÖVP, Vienna |
2011-2013 | State Secretary for Integration, Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
2013-2017 | Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna |
since 2017 | Federal Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna |
2002 | Intern, and Freelancer, Anne Frank Zentrum Berlin e.V., Berlin |
2002-2005 | European Voluntary Service: Holocaust Education, Gedenkdienst, Vienna |
2005 | Publication Unit, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen |
2006 | Intern, IWM- Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna |
2007 | Research Project "Das andere Osteuropa - Die 1960-1980er Jahre. Dissens in Politik und Gesellschaft. Alternativen in der Kultur. Beiträge zur vergleichenden Zeitgeschichte", Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen |
since 2009 | Spokeswoman for the Young Scientists, Research platform Vienna Eastern Europe Forum, University of Vienna |
2011 | Scientific Associate, Department of Slavic Literatures and Cultures, University of Passau |
2011-2012 | Project Manager, Talents Community 2011, University of Vienna |
2012-2013 | Research Management Assistant, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and Public Sphere, Vienna |
since 2015 | Coordinator, Integration Centres, ÖIF- Integration Fund, Vienna |
since 2013 | Deputy Team Leader, Training and Work, ÖIF-Austrian Integration Fund, Vienna |
1978 | Ph.D., University of Vienna |
1979-1989 | Research Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
1980-1998 | Lecturer, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and University of Vienna |
1986-1987 | Visiting Professor, University of Bamberg |
1986 | , 1989 and 1997-1998 Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
1988-1989 | Visiting Professor, University of Frankfurt am Main |
1989-1997 | Lecturer, Technical University, Vienna |
1990-1992 | Director, Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Science |
1992 | Visiting Professor, University of Zurich |
1992-2003 | Head, Department of Demography, Humboldt University, Berlin |
1995 | , 1997 Visiting Professor, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt |
2000-2001 | Visiting Professor, University of Vienna |
2001-2002 | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics of Finance, Technical University, Vienna |
since 2003 | Senior Fellow, HWWI - Hamburg Institute of International Economics |
since 2005 | Senior Researcher, Erste Group Bank AG |
2008-2010 | Member, Reflection Group Horizon 2020-2030, European Union |
since 2009 | Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Center, Washington, D.C. |
since 2010 | Visiting Professor, University of St. Gallen |
| Member of the Advisory Committee, Alpbach Financial Market Symposium, Vienna |
2010 | Startup Live Vienna, Klagenfurt, Graz & Innsbruck |
2011-2013 | IncrediblEurope Summit, Vienna |
since 2011 | Pioneers Festival Investors Day & Master Class, Vienna |
2012 | Pitch Your Passion, Vienna |
| Children's University Krems |
2013 | Entrepreneurship Summit Vienna Ashoka Session, Vienna |
since 2013 | projectXchange, Red Cross, Vienna |
| TEDx Events, Vienna |