Deputy Foreign Minister, Austria
1976 Graduation in the Jesuit High School “Stella Matutina” in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
1976 – 1977 Service in the Austrian Federal Army; Officer of reserve
1977 – 1985 Law Studies, Graduation to Doctor of Laws and Judicial year
January 1986 Entry into service at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1986 – 1988 Service at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in different directorates (OSCE, Consular Affairs, Multilateral Economic Affairs), as well as at the Austrian Embassy in Addis Abeba
1988 – 1992 Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy in Damascus
1992 – 1995 Deputy Head of Mission at the Austrian Embassy in Zagreb
1995 – 2000 Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Wolfgang Schüssel
2000 – 2000 Cabinet of the Federal Chancellor, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Chancellor W. Schüssel
2000 – 2003 Austrian Ambassador to Syria
2003 – 2007 Director General of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation
2007 – 2012 Austrian Ambassador to Greece
2012 – 2013 Director General, Department for Development Cooperation at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
Aug to Nov 2013 Deputy Secretary General at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
since 1st December 2013 Secretary General at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs