Formation: Université : Bruxelles, Aloysius : Master in trade ans consular studies
Carrière:
1959-1963: Administrative jobs in private industry in the Netherlands and Germany; free-lance work for the Commission in Brussels (Information Directorate-General)
1963-1970: Official in the Information Office of the Commission in The Hague (Information Directorate-General)
1970-12/84: Various functions within the Spokesman’s service, i.a. Spokesman for Agriculture and Fisheries and as such Spokesman for Commission Pierre Lardinois (1973-1977) and Vice-President Finn-Olaf Gundelach (1978-1981). Spokesman for External relations and as such Spokesman for Vice-President Willy Haferkamp (1981-1985).
01/1985-12/1988: Responsible i.a. for External Relations in the Cabinet of Commissioner Willy de Clerq
01/1989-01/1990: Counsellor for External relations, Development and Environment in the Office of Jacques Delors, President of the Commission
02/1990-01/1993: head of Unit ‘Relations with EFTA’, responsible for the negotiations on the European Economic Area, External Relations Directorate-General
03/1993-03/1994: Director for the Swedish accession negotiations and for the European Economic Area, Task Force “Enlargement”
04/1994-01/1995: Director for relations with the New Independent States, External Economic Relations Director-General
01/1995-03/1998: Spokesman for the European Commission and its President, Jacques Santer
04/1998-09/1999: Head of the Task Force “Accession Negotiations”
10/1999-12/1999: Director-General of the Enlargement Directorate-General
2000-2005: Director General of the Education and Culture Directorate-General
06/2006-05/2009: Director-General of the Directorate-General for “Employment, Social Affairs, Equal Opportunities”