1961
Born in Isenburg (county of Neuwied), married, one child

1983 -1985
Trainee at Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft AG, Koblenz

1985 -1991
Degree in economics from Heidelberg University and the University of Bonn

1996
Awarded doctorate (Dr rer pol) by Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg

1991 - 1995
European Division, Department for International Monetary Issues, Organisations and Agreements; Deutsche Bundesbank

1995 - 1997
Advisor to the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels

1997 – 1999
Office for Monetary Policy Issues, Economics Department, Deutsche Bundesbank

1999 – 2003
Representative of the Deutsche Bundesbank and financial attaché at the German embassy in Rome

2004
Division for International Monetary Issues, IMF and Multilateral Development Banks, Deutsche Bundesbank

2004 – 2006
Seconded national expert at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission

2006 – 2010
Specialist in the International Monetary and Economic Trends Division and the International and Euro-Area Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Deutsche Bundesbank

2010 – 2013
Deputy Head of the Secretariat for European Affairs

2013 – 2016
Head of the Secretariat for European Affairs

Since 2017
President of the Regional Office in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein