as of August 2023

German Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2019 – 2023

Federal Foreign Office (Deputy Director General for Infrastructure and Security)

2016 – 2019

German Ambassador to Azerbaijan

2012 – 2016

Federal Foreign Office (Commissioner of Budget and Finance)

2009 – 2012

German Embassy, Moscow (head of consular department / head of
economic division)

2005 – 2009

Federal Foreign Office (EU external relations, head of division)

2002 – 2005

Federal Foreign Office (Parliament and Cabinet liaison desk)

2001 – 2002

Federal Foreign Office (OSCE desk)

1998 – 2001

German Embassy, Tbilisi (Deputy Head of Mission)

1995 – 1998

Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN / New York (First Secretary, political department)

1994 – 1995

Federal Foreign Office (desk officer Balkans Task Force)

1993 – 1994

Federal Foreign Office (desk officer Northern Europe)

1992

Master`s degree (business administration)

1990 – 1992

German Embassy, Warsaw (Third Secretary)

1987 – 1990

German Embassy, Sanaa (Third Secretary)

1983 – 1986

Federal Foreign Office / training
BA public administration

1983

high-school diploma