Born on 25 December 1961 in Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate
Professional career
2019 - 2025
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health
2012 - 2018
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2010 - 2011
Director-General for Europe at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2007 - 2009
Chair of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS)
2002 - 2010
Executive Director of Insurance Supervision and Member of the Executive Board of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
2000 - 2002
Head of Division for export guarantees/state guarantees at the Federal Ministry of Finance
1998 - 2000
Policy Officer in the German Bundestag
1995 - 1998
Policy Officer at the Federal Ministry of Finance, including Personal Assistant to Parliamentary State Secretary Karwatzki
1993 - 1995
Head of Division at the Ministry of Finance of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin
1992 - 1993
Policy Officer at the Federal Ministry of Economics
1991 - 1992
Policy Officer at the Treuhand agency, Berlin
1990 - 1991
Policy Officer at the Federal Ministry of Economics
Education
1992
Doctorate in law at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz with accompanying studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science
1990
Second state examination in law, Mainz
1987
First state examination in law, Mainz