1981 - 1991

Universities of Freiburg and Paris/Sorbonne; PhD in History

1991 - 1993

Federal Foreign Office, diplomatic training

1993 - 1994

Federal Foreign Office, Economic Section

1994 - 1997

German Embassy Kampala, Deputy Head of Mission

1997 - 2000

Federal Foreign Office, Political Section, Eastern and Central Europe

2000 - 2003

Permanent Mission of Germany to the OSCE (arms control), Vienna

2003 - 2005

Federal Foreign Office, Legal Section, Deputy Head of Division

2005 - 2008

Federal Chancellery, Head of Division, intelligence affairs

2008 - 2011

Federal Academy for Security Policy, Vice-President

2011 - 2012

Kunduz,  Civilian Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team

2012 - 2015

German Embassy Ankara/Turkey, Deputy Head of Mission

2015 - 2019

Federal Foreign Office, Political Section, Head of Division,

EFTA countries and Turkey

09/2019

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Rwanda