1983 – 1991 Studied classical philology and history in Tübingen, Berlin, Cologne, Bonn

1992 – 1994 Training for the higher Foreign Service, Bonn

1994 – 1995 Federal Foreign Office, Bonn

1995 – 1998 German Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia

1998 – 2000 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

2000 – 2003 European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

2003 – 2005 German Embassy in Asunción, Paraguay

Deputy Head of Mission

2005 – 2006 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Deputy Head of Division

2006 – 2010 Federal Chancellery, Berlin,

Head of Division

2010 – 2013 German Embassy in Rome, Italy

Head of the Cultural Division

2013 – 2018 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Head of Division

2018 – 2021 German Embassy in Luanda, Angola

Ambassador

2021 - 2023 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Head of Inspection Team, Directorate-General of the Chief Inspector

Since August 2023 Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Muscat