Graduated from secondary school with a focus on maths and science

Soldier serving a fixed term in the cadet company of the Guard Battalion of the Federal Ministry of Defence

Studied economics at the University of Cologne

Research assistant in the department of public finance at the University of Cologne

Obtained doctorate in political science

Policy officer in the division for federal holdings and the Treuhandanstalt at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn

Assistant/advisor to the German executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C.

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

Head of the division for foreign trade, money and currency policy, financial markets and multinational organisations at the Federal Chancellery

Head of the directorate for external economic policy and sherpa staff and of the directorate for coordinating European policy at the Federal Chancellery

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

Head of the directorate-general for European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance

Director-general (directorate-general for economic and social affairs) in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Director-general (directorate-general for economic affairs and competitiveness) in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

State secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance