	Markus J. Beyrer has been Director General of BUSINESSEUROPE since late 2012. Prior to this he held the positions of CEO of the Austrian Industry Holding ÖIAG, Director General of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) and Director for Economic Affairs of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

	Before this Mr Beyrer served as Chief Economic Advisor to the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel.

	In addition to his executive positions, Mr Beyrer held a number of non-executive board functions in various Austrian industrial companies and was a member of the non-executive board of the Austrian Central Bank.

	Mr Beyrer read Law and Commercial Sciences in Vienna, graduating in law at the University of Vienna. Later he completed postgraduate studies in European Law at the Danube University in Krems (Austria) and the Stanford Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

	Seit 1988 mit einjähriger Unterbrechung Abgeordnete zum Nationalrat bzw. Mitglied des Bundesrates.
1995	und 1996 Abgeordnete zum Europäischen Parlament

	University of Vienna, law (Mag. Iuris.)
	Government official in the presidential section of the Austrian ministry of education and arts
since 1990	Member of Parliament
	Spokesperson on legal affairs, human rights and minority affairs in the Austrian Green Party
1992-1996	Member of the federal board of the Austrian Green Party
	Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2000
	Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights in the Austrian Parliament
	Member of board of trustees of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
2003-2005	Member of the "Österreichkonvent"
	Vicepresident of the Austrian League for Human Rights

1980	Wirtschaftsredaktion "profil"
1990	Chefredakteur "Wirtschaftswoche"
1998	Chefredakteur und Herausgeber "FORMAT"
seit 2002	Autor und Leitartikel "FORMAT"