| 1990-1992 | Diploma in English Law (with distinction), Law School, University of Trier, Germany |
| 1992-1995 | First State Exam (with distinction) Concentration on European Law , Law School, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| Junior Assistant, Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1995-1997 | Doctoral thesis in European Law (magna cum laude) |
| Senior Assistant, Institute for European Law, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1997-2000 | Junior Lawyer, Ministry of Justice, State of Hamburg, Germany; Bar Exam (with distinction) |
| 1998 | Visiting Lecturer of EC Law, Faculty for International Relations, University of Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic |
| 2000-2003 | Desk Officer, responsible for the co-ordination of accession negotiations with the Slovak Republic, Directorate-General |
| | Enlargement, Dir. B.3., European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2003-2004 | Task Manager, responsible for Education, Culture, Science and Research, Justice and Home Affairs, Task Force European |
| | Neighbourhood Policy European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2004 | Member of the negotiation team for the reunification of Cyprus, responsible for European Community law aspects, |
| | United Nations, Cyprus (secondment) |
| 2004-2010 | Member of Cabinet, responsible for culture, sport and citizenship policy, competition, internal market and justice and home |
| | affairs, Cabinet of Commissioner Ján Figel , European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| since 2010 | Deputy Head of Cabinet, Cabinet of Vice-President Maros Sef
ovi
, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
| | Studied law, politics and economics, University of Vienna |
| | Doctor of laws, University of Vienna |
| | MA European Studies, College of Europe in Bruges |
| 1968 | Private Office, Austrian Minister of Agriculture, Vienna |
| 1970 | Ford Europe, Governmental Affairs Office, Brussels |
| 1979 | Secretary General of the CLCA, the EU federation of national motor vehicle manufacturers associations, Brussels |
| 1989-2009 | Head, Corporate Representative Office for European Affairs, Daimler-Benz (now Daimler AG), Brussels |
| since 2010 | Head of Brussels Office, CNC - Communications & Network Consulting AG, International |
| 1976-1977 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Universität Konstanz |
| 1977-1984 | Oberassistent, Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich |
| 1984-1992 | Professor (C4) für Volkswirtschaftslehre/Finanzwissenschaft, Universität Osnabrück |
| 1997-2004 | Präsident der Forschungskommission der Universität St. Gallen |
| 1998 | Gastprofessor, Max-Planck-Projektgruppe "Recht der Gemeinschaftsgüter", Bonn |
| 1999-2001 | Vorstand (Dekan) der Volkswirtschaftlichen Abteilung der Universität St. Gallen |
| 1997-2003 | Mitglied der Kommission für Konjunkturfragen |
| 1998-2000 | Präsident des Advisory Board Steuerpolitik beim Eidgenössischen Finanzdepartement |
| 2004-2007 | Präsident der Kommission für Konjunkturfragen |
| 2007-2011 | Präsident der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik |
