Education and career:
Born in 1959 on a farm in Upper Austria
Business School
7 years of experience with an Austrian cattle-breeders' association
Studied marketing / PR and Romance languages, graduation as an export manager
2 years PR department for furniture supplier operation with more than 400 employees
8 years of export and marketing activity with world market leaders in the field of agricultural testing machines
10 years successful self-employment in the field of sales and consultancy
Elaboration of marketing concepts (rural development, agriculture, tourism), constitution of specialized articles for various journals and translation of specialist texts in English, Spanish and French
Lessons at the University of Salzburg