| 1987 | Academy of Arts, Faculty of Film and TV Dept. of Organization and Management |
| -91 Krátký film Praha, Dept. of Public Relations, Assistant |
| 1991 | -92 Office of the Commissioner of the Czechoslovak Government for Refugees, Director |
| since 1993 | Ministry of the Interior, Dept. for Asylum and Migration Policies, Deputy Director |
| 1997 | Charles University Prague, Faculty of Law, Special Course, EU Training for officials |
| 2003 | Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic, Special Course for Officials |
| | Participation in activities relevant to refugee problems: |
| | UNHCR HQ Geneva, UNHCR Office Vienna, EXCOM UNHCR Sessions, UNHCR Seminar Ankara |
| | International Visitor Program of the U.S. Information Agency - Immigrant and Refugee Issues in the U.S.A. |
| | Fact Finding Missions - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Moldova, Latvia |
| | Seminars - BFF Bern, Aspen Institute Berlin, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Brussels, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. Bonn, H. Seidel Stiftung München |
| | EU-SCIFA |
| | Participation in international conferences on asylum seekers, refugees, temporary protection, humanitarian assistance (former Yugoslavia) - Vienna, Zagreb, Strassbourg, Budapest, Geneva, Warsaw, Interlaken, Minsk, Brussels, Rhodos, Athens |
| 1996 | -97 Participation in the Repatriation Programme, in the Programme of Reconstruction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the MEDEVAC (Medical Evacution Programme for children for medical treatment in the Czech Republic) Programme I |
| 1999-2000 | Participation in the Repatriation Programme, in the Programme of Reconstruction of Kosovo and the MEDEVAC Programme II |
| 2003 | Participation in the MEDEVAC Programme III - Iraq |
| | Studium der Erziehungswissenschaft und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Mag. phil., Dr. phil. |
| | Professor für Unterrichts- und Erziehungswissenschaft an der Pädagogischen Akademie Kärnten |
| | Leiter von Forschungsprojekten an der Universität Klagenfurt und für das Wissenschaftsministerium |
| | Kommunikationstrainer |
| | Internationale Referententätigkeit |
| 1990-1994 | Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat und Sicherheitssprecher der ÖVP |
| 1995-1996 | EU-Sicherheitsbeauftragter der ÖVP |
| 1996-2004 | Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments, Sicherheitssprecher der EVP-Fraktion im EP, stellvertretender Delegationsleiter der ÖVP-Delegation |
| seit 2004 | Leiter der Stabilitätspaktinitiative zur Bekämpfung organisierter Kriminalität in Südost-Europa |
| | University state degree in law |
| 1977 | -93 Responsible in several positions in the Bundeskriminalamt, among others: |
| | Seconded as senior German representative to the ICPO-Interpol General Secretariat |
| | Head of the sub-Department "Drugs-Intelligence and undercover operations" |
| | Assistant Head of the Drugs Department |
| | Head of the National Central Bureau Interpol in Wiesbaden |
| | Head of the International Relations Division of the Bundeskriminalamt |
| | Head of Department "Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Violent Crime" |
| 1992 | -93 Head of the Europol Project Team based in Strasbourg, France |
| | June 1994 appointed to the position of Co-ordinator of the Europol Drugs Unit in The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 1998 | appointed as acting Director of Europol |
| 1999 | appointed as Director of Europol |
| 1990 | Chairman of the United Nations HONLEA Working Group on "Heroin and the Balkan Route" in Moscow |
| Member of the Project Team of the Federal Ministry of Interior in Berlin responsible for the reorganisation of the C.I.D. on the territory of the former GDR |
| 1991 | Chairman of ICPO-Interpol Conference of European Heads of Drug Services |
| 1979 | Magister in Economics, University of Innsbruck |
| 1980-1981 | Fulbright Scholarship, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1981-1982 | Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| 1982-1984 | Internationale Bank für Außenhandel |
| 1984-1985 | Research Project on Industrial Policy |
| 1985-1989 | Economist, EFTA, Geneva |
| 1989-2012 | Ministry of Finance; last position held: Director General for Economics Policy and Financial Markets |
| since 2012 | Euro Working Group, Brussels |
