Vice-President, Turkish Industry & Business Association, Istanbul

President, American Council on Germany, New York

Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia

Director-General, European Parliament, Directorate-General 3 - External Policies, Brussels

Correspondent, Bavarian Public Radio

Head, Task Force Maritime Affairs, Directorate General for Fisheries and Maritime Policy, European Commission, Brussels; former Ambassador and Head of the Delegation, European Commission to the U.N.

Lecturer, Institute for English and American Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt