Curriculum vitae
1979 – 1983
Study of Law, International Relations, Political Science and South-East Asian Studies,
University of Passau, Germany, and University of Geneva, Switzerland
1985
Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Miami, USA
1988
Doctor of Laws, University of Passau, Germany
1988
Joined the Foreign Service
1989 – 1990
Private Secretary to the Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office
1990
Head of Economic and Legal Affairs, German Embassy, Ottawa
1990 – 1993
Economic Affairs Officer, German Embassy, Moscow
1993 – 1996
Press Officer, Federal Foreign Office
1996 – 1998
Deputy Spokesperson, Federal Foreign Office
1998 – 1999
Deputy Head of South-Eastern Europe Division, Federal Foreign Office
1999 – 2002
Chef de Cabinet, Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Brussels
2002 – 2005
Head of Directorate, Political and Economic Intelligence,
Federal Intelligence Service
2005 – 2010
Head of Policy Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office
2011 – 2013
Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia
Since January 2014
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin