Born 1962 in Graz.

2000-2007 Strategic Consultant and Press Relations Officer of the Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.
1995-2000 Political Consultant and Press Relations Officer of the Minister for Education and Culture Elisabeth Gehrer.
1984-1994 Public Relations Consultant for the Austrian Federal Broadcasting Network ORF, marketing and PR for the campaigns “Nachbar in Not” (“Neighbours in Need”) and “Licht ins Dunkel” (“A Light in the Darkness”) – both charity organisations.

Lectures on political communication in and outside Austria. Cooperation in publications, campaign analyses in Germany and the USA.