| 2002 | Doctorate, Economics, University of Innsbruck |
| 2002-2007 | Assistant Professor, University of Innsbruck and University of Amsterdam |
| 2007-2010 | Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Munich |
| 2010 | Full Professor in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich |
| since 2011 | Full Professor of Economics, University of Munich |
| Affiliate Professor, University of Gothenburg |
| 2012-2013 | Dean, Department of Economics, University of Munich |
| 2013 | Affiliate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
| 2013-2016 | Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich |
| since 2016 | Director, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| 1976-1978 | Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| 1978-1979 | Military Service, W15, Electronic Warfare Unit |
| 1979-1981 | Training Commercial Pilot, Lufthansa Flight Training, Bremen / Phoenix |
| 1982-1987 | First Officer B 737, Lufthansa Passage, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| 1987-1996 | First Officer A 310, Lufthansa Passage, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| 1996-2005 | Captain B 747-200, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 1999-2000 | Airline Operation Lufthansa Cargo |
| 1999-2001 | Fleet Captain Operations, B747-200, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2000-2005 | Training Captain B 747-200, Type Rating Examiner (TRE), Lufthansa Cargo |
| Qualification to Test Flight Execution B747-200, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2001-2002 | Head of Operations Center, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2002-2004 | Head of Business Unit, Global Freighter Operation, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2004-2008 | Accountable Manager, SVP Transport & Flight Ops, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2005-2008 | Captain MD11, Lufthansa Cargo |
| 2008-2011 | Chief Executive Officer, Jade Cargo International, Shenzhen |
| 2011-2015 | Member, Lufthansa German Airlines Board, Operations & Hub Frankfurt, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| Chief Operating Officer, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| since 2015 | Member of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, Austrian Airlines AG |
| 1985-1990 | Business Administration, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1990-1991 | Internship, Pipe Liners Inc., New Orleans, USA |
| 1991-1992 | Managing International Subsidaries, Engel Austria |
| since 1992 | Rabmer Group; 1992 Commercial Director, 1996 Co-Owner and Single Proxy, since 1999 Managing Director of several national and international subsidiaries |
| 1993-2000 | Member, Board of Directors, Raiffeisenbank Altenberg |
| 1997-2005 | Member, City Council, Altenberg and Linz |
| 2002-2004 | Chairwoman, Board of Directors Norditube SA, Sweden |
| 2002-2003 | Deputy Chairperson, Young Entrepreneurs (Junge Wirtschaft OÖ) |
| since 2002 | General Manager, Rabmer Group, Altenberg |
| 2003-2015 | Vice President, WKOÖ - Economic Chamber Upper Austria |
| 2004-2010 | Member, Supervisory Board, Raiffeisenlandesbank OÖ |
| 2007-2015 | President, Environmental Technology Cluster, Upper Austria |
| 2009-2015 | Member, Economic Board, Diözese Linz |
| 2010-2016 | President, "Women in Business - Upper Austria" |
| 2011-2015 | Deputy Chairperson, Federal Division for Skilled Crafts and Trades |
| Vice President, UEAPME - European Association of SMEs, Skilled Crafts and Trades and Chair, UEAPME Committee for Sustainable Development |
| since 2011 | Sole Shareholder, Rabmer Group, Altenberg |
| 2013-2015 | Member, High Level Group KET - Key Enabling Technologies |
| 2014-2016 | Member, Advisory Council, ACR - Austrian Cooperative Research |
| 2015-2017 | Chairwoman, Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions |
| since 2015 | Vice President, WKÖ - Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
| 2016-2017 | Chairwoman, Supervisory Board, SVC GmbH, Vienna |
| since 2016 | President, UEAPME - European Association of SMEs, Skilled Crafts and Trades |
| 1996 | Legal Internship, Higher Regional Court Vienna |
| 1996-2009 | Lawyer, Division Real Estate, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna |
| 2004-2012 | Freelance Journalist, Der Standard, Vienna |
| 2009-2013 | Freelance Journalist, FORMAT, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Editor, Die Presse, Vienna |
