1975-1982

German language and literature studies and studies of jurisprudence in Essen, Münster and Lausanne;

Military Service

1982

First Legal State Exam

1986

Second Legal State Exam

1986-1988

Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

1988-1991

German Embassy in Addis Abeba

1991-1994

German Embassy in London

1994-1997

Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

1997-2000

German Embassy in Damaskus, Permanent Representative

2000-2004

Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Deputy Head of Division

2004-2005

Harvard Fellowship Program, Boston

2005-2008

German Embassy in Washington

2008-2011

Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Head of Division

2011-2014

German Consulate General Shanghai, Permanent Representative

2014-2019

German Embassy Tokyo, Head of the political section and of the section for science

Since August 2019

German Ambassador to Kuwait