Born on 10 March 1962 in Stuttgart, married, three children

Since July 2025 Ambassador–designate to Zimbabwe, Harare

2022 - 2025 Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel, Federal Foreign Office

2021 – 2022 Special Envoy for the Sahel, Federal Foreign Office

2016 – 2021 German Ambassador to Ghana, Accra

2014 – 2016 Dep. German Ambassador to Egypt, Cairo

2011 – 2014 Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for EU External Affairs

2008 – 2011 Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN in New York, Legal Advisor

2004 – 2008 Federal Foreign Office, Political Department

2001 – 2004 German Embassy, Yangon / Myanmar, Deputy Head of Mission

1997 – 2001 Federal Foreign Office, United Nations and Human Resources Department

1994 – 1997 German Embassy, Moscow

1993 Joined Federal Foreign Office

1993 Second State Examination in Law (German bar qualification), Berlin

1992 M.A. in Modern History

1990-1993 Legal Traineeship in Berlin and Brussels

1983 – 1990 Studied Law and Modern History in Freiburg and Berlin

1981 – 1983 National Service