| | Senior Member, St Antony's College, Oxford |
| | M.Sc., Economics, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 1998-2011 | Economist, International Monetary Fund; Bank of England; National Bank of Belgium; European Investment Bank |
| 2011-2012 | Economist, Council of the European Union |
| 2012-2014 | Advisor to the President Herman van Rompuy, European Council |
| since 2014 | Member, Cabinet of Vice President Jyrki Katainen, European Commission |
| 1987-1990 | Vice President, Investment Banking, Salomon Brothers International Ltd, London / New York |
| 1990-1992 | Managing Director and Co-Founder, Dumas West & Co, London |
| 1992-1995 | Executive Director, Lehmann Brothers International, London |
| 1995-2013 | Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking Europe, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Frankfurt / London |
| since 2014 | Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board, VERBUND AG, Vienna |
| | Master, Business Adminstration, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna |
| | Master, International Relations and Diplomacy, College of Europe, Bruges |
| 2009-2010 | Chief Policy Advisor, MEP Othmar Karas, European Parliament, Brussels |
| 2010-2012 | Head of European Affairs, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna |
| 2012-2014 | Head of CEO Office, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Head of Group Board Support, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna |
| 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 |
