| 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 |
| 1977-1986 | Research Fellow, Head of Department Financial Research Institute, Budapest |
| 1986-1987 | Consultant, World Bank, Washington DC, USA |
| 1988-1989 | Counsellor to the Department Prime Minister, Budapest |
| 1989-1990 | State Secretary, National Planning Office, Budapest |
| 1990-1991 | Governor of the Hungarian Central Bank, Governor for the IMF, Budapest |
| 1992-1995 | CEO, Central European International Bank Ltd., Budapest |
| 1995-2001 | Governor of the Hungarian Central Bank, Governor for the IMF, Budapest |
| since 2001 | Resident Regional Head of CEE, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, Chairman of CIB (Budapest) VUB (Bratislava) PBZ (Zagreb) |
| 1994 | M.Sc. in Economics, University of Glasgow |
| 1999 | Ph.D. in Economics |
| 1995-1997 | Various Economist Positions in Germany, South Korea and Ethiopia, alongside Ph.D. |
| 1999-2008 | Senior Economist - IMF Policies and Programs International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. |
| 2008-2012 | Chief Economist, Senior Vice President, Investment Services Centre, Chairman Investment Committee, VP Bank, Vaduz |
| 2009-2010 | Lecturer, Macroeconomics, University of Konstanz |
| 2009-2012 | Technical Advisor, Financial Programming, International Monetary Fund |
| since 2010 | Lecturer, International Finance, University of St.Gallen |
| since 2012 | Chief Economist, First Vice President, Economic Department, KfW Bankengruppe, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1978 | Ph.D., University of Vienna |
| 1979-1989 | Research Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1980-1998 | Lecturer, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and University of Vienna |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Professor, University of Bamberg |
| 1986 | , 1989 and 1997-1998 Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1988-1989 | Visiting Professor, University of Frankfurt am Main |
| 1989-1997 | Lecturer, Technical University, Vienna |
| 1990-1992 | Director, Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Science |
| 1992 | Visiting Professor, University of Zurich |
| 1992-2003 | Head, Department of Demography, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1995 | , 1997 Visiting Professor, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt |
| 2000-2001 | Visiting Professor, University of Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics of Finance, Technical University, Vienna |
| since 2003 | Senior Fellow, HWWI - Hamburg Institute of International Economics |
| since 2005 | Senior Researcher, Erste Group Bank AG |
| 2008-2010 | Member, Reflection Group Horizon 2020-2030, European Union |
| since 2009 | Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Center, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2010 | Visiting Professor, University of St. Gallen |
| Member of the Advisory Committee, Alpbach Financial Market Symposium, Vienna |
