EIFFE HAS HAD A LONG TERM INTERNATIONAL CAREER AND SERVED AS CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF GRANVILLE AUSTRIA GMBH, CFO OF NCR - GERMANY, MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF NCR - JAPAN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GRUNDIG AG IN GERMANY, MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF DEGUSSA - AUSTRIA AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG (HOLDING OF THE AUSTRIAN STATE OWNED INDUSTRY).

FOLLOWING STUDIES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AT HAMBURG UNIVERSITY AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MBA DEGREE (1965), EIFFE WAS PROMOTED DOCTOR OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT THE VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN 1974.

EIFFE HAS PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PUBLICATIONS AND IS AUTHOR OF THE MANAGEMENT SCRIPT: MANAGEMENT OF OBJECTIVES - EIN BEITRAG ZUR THEORIE DER UNTERNEHMENSFÜHRUNG (1975) AND THE BOOK: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (FIRST EDITION 1993 / SECOND EDITION 1999).