Born in 1958, Innsbruck Marital status: divorced, two children Education: Graduation from secondary school in Innsbruck Studied English language & literature and music education at the University of Innsbruck and in the Department X of the Mozarteum Studied musical education at the Mozarteum, University of Music and Performing Arts in Salzburg, graduated as a Magister Artium Training as an accredited mental coach and certified life counsellor at the Mental College Bregenz/University of Salzburg Work experience: Freelancer at the Austrian public broadcaster ORF: 1981-1987 Employed editor at ORF: 1987-1990 Employed editor at SAT.1 BAYERN: 1990-1992 Employed editor at ORF: 1993-2017 Lecturer at the University of Innsbruck/University of Salzburg Institute for Contemporary History Mental coach and management consultant 2010-2021 Activities at the Austrian public broadcaster ORF (excerpt): Presenter/editor for current affairs in Innsbruck/Vienna Programmes (excerpt): "Zeit im Bild 1", "Willkommen Österreich", "Heute in Österreich", "Heute Leben" Presentation of various star nights (Wörthersee/Montafon/Vienna) and numerous music shows in the main evening programme Head of Duty: radio/television Head of Sports: ORF regional studio in Lower Austria Other activities: Numerous off-air events for business, industry, culture, media and advertising Presenter - BRAU UNION and "Nah&Frisch" for TV/radio and print, both for five years Voluntary work for "Hilfe im eigenen Land" and "Kinderkrebshilfe Tirol/Vorarlberg/Südtirol" Bestselling author of: „Nur keine Panik“ - Amalthea, 2014 „Nicht ohne meinen Schweinehund“ - Amalthea, 2015 „Nur keine Krise – meine 52 mentalen Tipps“ - Amalthea, 2016 „Keine Panik vor dem Alter(n)“ - Amalthea, 2017 Awards: Two-time ROMY Award Winner - 2003/2004 LEO Award winner of the Chamber of Commerce of Vienna - 2013 Winner of the Golden Medal of Honour from "Hilfe im eigenen Land" - 2014 Floriani plaque of the Lower Austrian Voluntary Fire Brigade Association - 2015 Ambassador of the Austrian Red Cross "European Media Award" for the "Expert Platform on Mental Health" - 2016 Grand Decoration of Merit of the Province of Lower Austria - 2017 MEP since 2023.