Born in Salzburg, Law studies in Salzburg, Vienna and London (London School of Economics). After working with the Salzburg Provincial Government, joined the Austrian Parliament as political adviser. Afterwards office manager at the European Parliament, later at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, followed by a year in Kosovo as deputy head of the Democratisation Department of the OSCE. Since 2004 founder and CEO of “The CSR Company international”, a consultancy specialised on Corporate Social Responsibility, with offices in 40 countries, reaching from Mexico to Korea. He is Chair of the Implementation Task Group within ISO (International Standards Organisation) writing the ISO 26 000 standard – published November 2010.