former Foreign Policy Adviser to the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

International Consultant; Expert on Foreign Policy and Security Affairs; Member of the Board of the German – Russian Raw Material Forum; Member of Boards and Advisory Boards of German and US companies; inter – governmental institutions and charitable organizations. Former Positions: Chairman, Munich Conference on Security Policy, Munich; Honorary Professor, Faculty for Economics, Technical University, Munich; President, BOEING Germany, Berlin; Member of the Executive Board, BMW Group, Munich; Director-General, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Middle East, BMW Board, Munich; Chairman of the Executive Board, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Munich; Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation, Guetersloh; Director General, Foreign and Domestic Relations, Development Policy and Foreign Security, Federal Chancellery (National Security Advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl) Bonn; Deputy Chief of Staff, Federal Chancellery, Bonn; Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) Parliamentary Group, Bonn; Executive Undersecretary, State Chancellery, Mainz; Director General, Foreign, German and Security Policy, CDU Federal Office. Assistant Professor for International Affairs, Free University Berlin.