Born in Aarhus, Denmark 1961
Annette Lystager Hessner has been employed at the the Austrian Trade Commission and Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy since 1992.
Annette graduated from the Aarhus School of Business Aarhus University in 1985 where she studied German and French linguistics.
From 1985-1992 Annette lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany - at first for the "Danske Bank" and later on for the publishing house "Heinrich Bauer Verlag"
Annette is a sole mother, raising two active girls aged 10 and 6 years. Her leisure time she prefers to spend with her children/family and friends, not to forget film, opera, literature, jogging and cooking (especially cake baking).