BSc (Econ.) M.Phil. Raffaela VON SALIS Development Department, Salzburger Festspiele, Austria

1988-89 studied Economic Geography, Sociology and Russian at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich 1989-92 Bachelor of Science of Economics in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science 1992-94 Master of Philosophy in Russian and East European Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford University 1989 Munich Reinsurance of SA Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa, Internship in the South African subsidiary 1990 United Nations, ECLAC, Santiago de Chile, Research assistant in the press office of ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) 1992 Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique, Paris, France, project leader of a report on bilateral co-operation at non-governmental level between various European countries and South Africa 1993 University of Oxford, UK, Research assistant to Prof Archie Brown, Political Science 1994-95 European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, Stagiaire in the co-ordination bureau for international assistance to the CIS with a scholarship of the commission 1995-96 Treuhand Osteuropa Beratungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Preparation of proposals and tenders for international institutions at the subsidiary of the Treuhand 1996-98 Schering AG, Berlin, Germany, European marketing and business development, customer relations management, organisation of international scientific conferences 2000-01 Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany, Fundraising Manager since 2002 Salzburger Festspiele, Austria, Development department, responsible for the development of new partnership models in Europe May 2002 Draeger Founcation, Lübeck, Germany, Fellow of the Chicago Workshop on American Politics (Chicago and Washington)