YOUNES ALTAMIMI
Jordan; Diploma Programme 7 (1970-72)
Career Highlights:
° Director of Organization and Management Development, Arab Bank
° Deputy Director General, Albaraka Banking Group
° Senior Advisor, Riyad Bank
° Senior Consultant, United Nations Development Programme
° Senior Advisor, Sudan Cooperative and Development Bank
° Senior Banking Consultant, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Services
ILONA ANTONISZYN-KLIK
Poland; Diploma Programme 38 (2001-02)
Career Highlights:
° Volkswagen AG, Head of Group Office Poland: Government Relations and Policy
° Undersecretary of State (“Deputy Minister”), Ministry of Economy, Poland
MARIE-ROGER BILOA
Cameroon; Diploma Programme 14 (1977-79)
Career Highlights:
° Chairperson, Club Millenium, Paris
° CEO, Chief-editor and publisher, “Africa International”
° Founder, MRB TV
JANINE FINCK
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Rome, London and Copenhagen
° Chef du Protocole du Gouvernement, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg
ALEKSANDAR HEINA
Croatia; Special Course 3 (1992-93)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Denmark and Iceland
° Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
° Director General, Directorate for Europe and North America
° Assistant Minister, Directorate for Intern. Economic Cooperation
° Head of the Department for Bilateral Economic Relations
MARKUS INGENLATH
Germany; Diploma Programme 31 (1994-96)
Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honor and bearer of the Montgelas Prize 2018 for Bavarian-French relations
Career Highlights:
° Secretary General, Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk
JAN KICKERT
Austria; Diploma Programme 30 (1993-95)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Austrian Embassy in Zagreb and Rome
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN, New York
JASNA OGNJANOVAC
Croatia; Special Course 2 (1991-92)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Sofia
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Dublin
° Assistant Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
° Head of the UN Department
° Advisor to the Multilateral Administration
° Deputy Head of the Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the EU and to the UN
JEAN-FRANCIS REGIS ZINSOU
Benin; Diploma Programme 22 (1985-87)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the UN in New York
VALENTIN ALEXANDROV
Bulgaria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Minister of Defence, Bulgaria
FATIMIR CELA
Albania; Special Course 3 (1992-93)
Career Highlights:
° General Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Albania
° Head of the Bilateral Relations Direction of the Albanian Foreign Ministry
ADUNGA FISSIHA
Ethiopia; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Ethiopia in London
FRIEDRICH HAMBURGER
Austria, Diploma Programme 6 (1969-71)
Career Highlights:
° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Director, European Commission
ANNE RUTH HERKES
Germany; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Senior Advisor, ELC Euringer Leadership Consulting
° State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
° Ambassador, Embassy of Germany in Doha
YUSUF ZIYA IRBEC
Turkey; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Founding President of the International Balkan University, Skopje
° Member of Parliament, Turkey
° President of the Beykent University
° Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of EU and of the EU Harmonization Committee
MICHAEL OLIVER KITZ
Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Casinos Austria CAGAST
ROLAND MARXER
Liechtenstein; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador and Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein
° Ambassador, Geneva
° President, Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein (Cultural Foundation)
LEOPOLD MAURER
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Ambassador, EU Delegation to Montenegro
PETER MOSER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, Tokyo and Seoul
DRAGANA RADULOVIC
Montenegro; Special Course 18 (2001)
Career Highlights:
° Director-General of the Directorate General for NATO and Security Policy
° Ambassador, Embassy and Permanent Representation in Vienna
MICHAEL REINPRECHT
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° USC, EU Visiting Fellow & Diplomat in Residence
° Head of Unit, European Parliament
° Advisor to the Director-General, DG External Policies, European Parliament
GERHARD REIWEGER
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Sofia and Bucharest
HEINZ LUDWIG SOMMERBAUER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Austro Control
ERNST SUCHARIPA
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy in London
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in New York (UN)
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
ELISABETH ZUK-MAYERHOFER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Bundespressedienst Austria
CELSO L.N. AMORIM
Brazil; Diploma Programme 3 (1966-68)
Career Highlights:
° Chief Advisor, Presidency of Brazil
° Minister of Defense, Brazil
° Minister of External Relations, Brazil
° Secretary General, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil
° Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil in London
° Chair, Unitaid
Werner ANDRÄ
Austria; MAIS 1 (1996-98)
Career Highlights:
° Judge at Bundesverwaltungsgericht der Republik Österreich
° Secretary General, Land & Forst Betriebe Österreich
ILSE BARTENSTEIN
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° General Manager, Lannacher Heilmittel GmbH
° CEO, Gerot Pharmazeutika GmbH
° Board Member of the Landesmuseum Joanneum GmbH, the Industriellenvereinigung Steiermark, and the Eco-Social Forum Steiermark
° Economic Parliament of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce: Delegates of the Industry Division
° WKÖ: Trade Association of the Chemical Industry
° Member of the 1st University Council of the Medical University of Graz
CHRISTIAN BERLAKOVITS
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Algiers and Rome
° Director-General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Head of Civil Service and the Legal and Consular Section of the Austrian Foreign Policy
EMIL BRIX
Austria; Diploma Programme 17 (1980-82)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in London and Moscow
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
ALEXANDER CHRISTIANI
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Knight of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Pretoria, The Hague and London
° Vice-President, Austro-British Society
° Head of the Department Middle East in the State Department
° Accredited to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
° Board Member of the Austrian Society for Foreign Affairs and the UN
HERBERT CORDT
Austria; Diploma Programme 8 (1971-73)
Career Highlights:
° Board Member, Österreichische Postsparkasse
° Board Member, Österreichische Länderbank AG
° Board Member, Aprilzi Foundation – social projects
° CEO, Cordt & Partner
° Chairman Supervisory Board of RHI
FILIP CUMPS
Belgium; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Consul General, General Consualte of Belgium in St.Petersburg
° Ambassador, Embassy of Belgium in Jakarta, Kiev, Riga and Vilnius
WENDELIN ETTMAYER
Austria; Diploma Programme 4 (1967-69)
Career Highlights:
° Member of Parliament, Austria
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Helsinki and Ottawa
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Strasbourg (Council of Europe)
° Interior, Education and Constitutional Committees
° Vice Chairman of the Court of Auditors Committee
° Security spokesman for the ÖVP in the Nationalrat
° Head of the Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Foreign Economic Relations in the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
RAFIK FISCHER
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Non-Executive Director, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
° Chairman of the Board of Directors of KBLepb Investment Funds
° Chairman of the Board of Directors of EFA
° Vice Chairman, Quintet Private Bank (Europe)
INGEBORG GABRIEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)
Career Highlights:
° Professor & Head of the Department of Social Ethics, University of Vienna
° Vice Dean, Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Vienna
KOLINDA GRABAR-KITAROVIC
Croatia; Special Course 5 (1994)
Career Highlights:
° President of the Republic of Croatia
° Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
° Minister of External Relations, Croatia
° Ambassador, Embassy of Croatia in Washington, D.C.
ISABEL GÜNTHER
Germany; Diploma Programme 39 (2002-03)
Career Highlights:
° Professor and Head of the Center for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich
° Founder & Spokesperson, ETH for Development
AHMED HAGGAG
Egypt; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Special Envoy of the President of Egypt
° Secretary General, African Society
PETER HOHENFELLNER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Havana and Beirut
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in New York (UN)
° Deputy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna
° Director of the Department for International Organization, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
° Minister Counsellor, Austrian Embassy in Budapest
° Charge d'Affaires, Austrian Embassy in Algiers
VALENTIN INZKO
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN
° European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana and Sarajevo
EVGENI IVANOW
Bulgaria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Executive Director, Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (EU)
FERNAND KARTHEISER
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. and Berlin
° Member of Parliament, Luxembourg
° National President, ADR
SHIGEO KATSU
Japan; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)
Career Highlights:
° Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group
° President of Nazarbayev University, Astana
° Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tsesnabank JSC
WOLFGANG LANZ
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Career Highlights:
° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
IGOR LUKSIC
Montenegro; Special Course 14 (1999)
Career Highlights:
° Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
° Prime Minister, Montenegro
° Minister of Finance, Montenegro
° Director, PwC
GABRIELE MATZNER
Austria; Diploma Programme 5 (1968-70)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Bratislava, Tunis and London
° Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Academy
° Board of Associations such as the Peace University Stadtschlaining, the Theodor Kramer Society, the Londoner Wiener Library, and the Vienna Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.
FERDINAND MAYRHOFER-GRÜNBÜHEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 3 (1966-68)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana and Budapest
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Vienna (UN and OSCE)
KARL M. MILLAUER
Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Aquarion AG
° Senior Vice President, Aquatech
° CEO, Christ Water Technology Group
° CFO, Wolford AG
° Member of the Supervisory Board at AIT
° Member of the Supervisory Board, Frequentis AG
JEANNE MOULOT GUEHE
Côte d’Ivoire; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire in Madrid and Canberra
BRIGITTE ÖPPINGER-WALCHSHOFER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Pretoria -accredited in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland-, and India -accredited in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka
° Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency
° Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
° Permanent Representative of Austria to the African Union (AU)
° Head of the Internal Audit of the Foreign Ministry in Vienna
° Headed the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)
DANIEL OSPELT
Liechtenstein; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Strasbourg (Council of Europe)
DIETER PLATZER
Austria; Diploma Programme 24 (1987-89)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung
RENÉ POLLITZER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Cabinet Director, Office of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Athens and Rome
ERNST PORPACZY
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Career Highlights:
° Board Member, Pharmig
° CEO, Abbott Pharma
° CEO, BYK
° CEO, Altana Pharma
GEORGIOS D. POUKAMISSAS
Greece; Diploma Programme 14 (1977-79)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Kiew, Bucharest and Chișinău
° Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece
° Director, Division for Eastern Europe and Eurasia of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of Greece
GERHARD PUTMAN-CRAMER
Netherlands; Diploma Programme 10 (1973-75)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Director, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN
° Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the PAM to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
° Director, DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board
VIRGILJO REYES, JR
Philippines; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Philippines in Pretoria and Rome
BARBARA SATTLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 41 (2004/05)
Career Highlights:
° Professorship for the Philosophy of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
° Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews
° Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Yale University
JOHANN SATTLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 31 (1994/95)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Tirana
° CEO, WAZ Russia
° Special Representative and Ambassador of the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina
HEINZ SCHADEN
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Mayor, City of Salzburg
KARL SCHRAMEK
Austria; Diploma Programme 10 (1973-75)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Budapest, Dakar -accredited in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone-, Brussels and Damascus
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (NATO) and Head of the Austrian Mission
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation at the OECD, Paris
° Director of the Local Austrian Cultural Institute
° Head of the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Non-proliferation in the Foreign Ministry
° Represented Austria in the Permanent UN Disarmament Conference (UNCD) in Geneva, in the UN Disarmament Committee (CD) in New York, and in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna
° Vice President, Austrian-Syrian Society
GEORG SCHRAMEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
HANS-DIETMAR SCHWEISGUT
Austria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Secretary General, French Centre for Rapproachment in Europe
° Ambassador and Head, Delegations of the EU to Japan as well as to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (EU)
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Tokyo and Beijing
° Director General, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
SOUREN G. SERAYDARIAN
Syrian Arab Republic; Diploma Programme 4 (1967-69)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, UNMIL, UN
JUTTA STEFAN-BASTL
Austria; Diploma Programme 7 (1970-72)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana, Delhi and Tokyo
ELHADJ AMADOU SY
Senegal; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° UNICEF, Regional Director of East & Southern Africa
° Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
° Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS, UN
° Chair of the Board, Kofi Annan Foundation
° Co-Chair, GPMB
TOMASZ TARABA
Poland; Diploma Programme 8 (1971-73)
Career Highlights:
° Chairman of the Board, Volksbank International Croatia
° Director, Alpine Leasing
MAMADOU TINE
Senegal; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Directeur de cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senegal
HÜNER TUNCER
Turkey; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Professor, Middle East Technical University Ankara
° Lecturer in the Department of International Relations in Hacettepe University
ELISABETH UDOLF-STROBL
Austria; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Director-General, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria
° Minister, Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs
ROBERT VAN EMBDEN
Netherlands; Diploma Programme 16 (1979-81)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassies in Kingshasa, Asmara and Bogota
RANKO VUJACIC
Serbia; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)
Career Highlights:
° Director Operational Support Services Branch, UNIDO, UN
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Montenegro
HANS WINKLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 5 (1968-70)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° State Secretary, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Permanent Representative of Austria at the Council of Europe
MICHAEL ZIMMERMANN
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Budapest and London
° Cabinet Director, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria