- Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2014 to 2019) and three other ministerial posts (1988 to 1998)
- UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (2010 to 2012), first Vice-President of the European Commission (2004 to 2010) and European Commissioner for the Environment (1999 to 2004)
- Worked for Worldview Global Media in Sri Lanka before becoming EU Commissioner
- Joined HD’s Board in 2020