Born in Berlin on 23 October 1956
Year |
Education and professional career |
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1975 |
Graduated from secondary school with a focus on maths and science |
1975–1977 |
Soldier serving a fixed term in the cadet company of the Guard Battalion of the Federal Ministry of Defence |
1977–1985 |
Studied economics at the University of Cologne |
1985–1990 |
Research assistant in the department of public finance at the University of Cologne |
1991 |
Obtained doctorate in political science |
1991–1993 |
Policy officer in the division for federal holdings and the Treuhandanstalt at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn |
1993–1995 |
Assistant/advisor to the German executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. |
1995–1998 |
Policy officer at the Federal Ministry for Finance in the division for general financial issues of international policy and in the division for European monetary issues |
1998–1999 |
Head of the division for foreign trade, money and currency policy, financial markets and multinational organisations at the Federal Chancellery |
1999–2003 |
Head of the directorate for external economic policy and sherpa staff and of the directorate for coordinating European policy at the Federal Chancellery |
2003–2005 |
Head of the directorate for general issues of European policy, general financial issues relating to European policies and European cohesion policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance |
2005–2008 |
Head of the directorate-general for European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance |
2008–2012 |
Director-general (directorate-general for economic and social affairs) in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union |
2012–2021 |
Director-general (directorate-general for economic affairs and competitiveness) in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union |
January 2022–present |
State secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance |