| 1967 | Doctorate in Law, University of Vienna |
| 1968-1973 | Assistant to Kurt W. Rothschild, Institute for General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1972-1973 | ACSL Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge |
| 1973 | Tenure-track professorship, General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| Call to TH Darmstadt, Chair in Public Economics |
| 1974-1981 | Full Professor and Head, Institute of Finance, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1981-2008 | Full Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business (successor to Stephan Koren), partly on leave, Vienna |
| 2003-2005 | Vice Rector, Financial Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2008 | Honorary doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences, Alpen-Adria-University, Klagenfurt |
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| | Business activities |
| 1971-1979 | Member and later President, Governing Board of PSK - Österreichische Postsparkasse, Expert on cartel matters, Cartel Court of the Superior Land Court, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg |
| 2006-2007 | Chief Executive Officer, BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Österreichische Postsparkasse Aktiengesellschaft |
| since 2008 | Governor, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| | Political activities |
| 1978-1999 | Member, Austrian Parliament |
| 1980-1987 | Deputy Chairman, Scientific Committee |
| 1985-1999 | Chairman, Finance Committee |
| 1993 | Diploma in Physics, RWTH Aachen University |
| 1996 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University |
| 1997-2000 | Team Leader/Business Analyst FX options, Leading Investment Bank, London |
| 2000-2003 | Principal, Financial Services, Booz & Company, Frankfurt |
| 2003-2005 | Senior Executive, Program Director Basel II, Leading European Bank, Frankfurt |
| 2005-2009 | Senior Executive, Group Risk Architecture, Leading European Bank, Frankfurt |
| 2009-2010 | Divisional Board Member Market & Liquidity Risk, Leading European Bank, Frankfurt |
| 2008-2010 | Deputy Chairman Supervisory Board & Risk Committee, Regional Real Estate and Public Finance Bank, Düsseldorf |
| since 2010 | Vice President/Partner, Head of Global Risk & Capital Practice, Booz & Company, Frankfurt |
| 1978-1984 | Study of Law, Johannes Kepler University Linz; Study of Commercial Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 1986 | Judicial Clerkship |
| 1987-2000 | Head of Treasury; Head of Futures and Options Trading, Project Manager, regarding the foundation of an Austrian Futures and Options Exchange, RZB - Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna |
| 2000-2004 | Deputy Member, Managing Board, Treasury, Marketing and Retail Sales, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz |
| Chairman, Supervisory Board, Kepler-Fonds Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H., Linz |
| 2003-2006 | Member, Supervisory Board, Raiffeisen Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Vienna |
| 2004-2006 | Member, Managing Board, Treasury, Marketing and Retail Sales, Insurance Business and Building Society Savings, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz |
| 2006-2012 | Member, Managing Board, Vienna Stock Exchange AG, Vienna |
| Member, Managing Board, CEESEG AG, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz |
| since 2013 | Chairman, University Council, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 1986 | Studium der Handelswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| 1989-1991 | Trainee-Programm, Girozentrale |
| 1992-1993 | Hochschullehrgang für Journalismus, Institut für Publizistik, Universität Wien |
| 1992 | Volontariat (danach freier Mitarbeiter), Wirtschaftsressort, Der Standard |
| 1994 | Anstellung, Der Standard |
| 1997 | Stellvertretender Ressortleiter Wirtschaft, Die Presse |
| 2003-2005 | Korrespondent in Brüssel |
| seit 2005 | Stellvertretender Ressortleiter Wirtschaft, Der Kurier |
| seit 2007 | Ressortleiter Wirtschaft, Der Standard |
