Efter udstationering ved Europa- Kommissionen i 1992 vendte hun tilbage til Tyskland, hvor hun i 1995 blev ansat i miljøministeriet.
Miss Leivers worked for the Milk Marketing Board for England and Wales (MMB) as a Liaison Chemist for 5 years prior to being appointed Assistant Director of the MMB/Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives office in Brussels, representing all sectors of agricultural cooperation to the European institutions.