1972 STUDIUM DER RECHTSWISSENSCHAFTEN UND VOLKSWIRTSCHAFT, UNIVERSITÄTEN WÜRZBURG UND BONN
1979-1980 ASSISTANT AM LEHRSTUHL FÜR ZIVIL-UND HANDELSRECHT, UNIVERSITÄT WÜRZBURG
1980 VERTRETUNG DES FREISTAATES BAYERN BEIM BUND, BONN
1985-1987 DETACHED CIVIL SERVANT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII, BRUSSELS
1989-1995 MEMBER, 1ST & 2ND & 3RD CABINET COMMISSIONER PETER SCHMIDHUBER
1995-2000 DEPUTY HEAD OF EU-COMMISSIONER FRANZ FISCHLER’S CABINET, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2000-2003 HEAD OF DIVISION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2003-2004 ADVISER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE EU COMMISSION, PROF. ROMANO PRODI
2004-2005 ADVISER, DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2005-2010 HEAD OF CABINET OF COMMISSIONER REDING
2010-2016 DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
SINCE 2016 DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PUBLICATIONS OFFICE