Achim Hopbach has been working in the field of higher education since 1997.
Before taking on his current role as Director of AQA (the Austrian quality assurance agency) in 2012, he was Director of the German Accreditation Council for 7 years.
He has occupied and still occupies various positions in quality assurance associations and agencies such as, for example, President of ENQA from 2009 to 2013; member Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) from 2005 to 2013; member of the University Quality International Board (UQAIB, Dubai) since 2015.
He works in international consultancy projects, in Asia and South East Asia among others.
He has published numerous articles on the Bologna Process, quality assurance and the qualifications framework.
