Born in Wolfsburg on 16 March 1968
| Year | Education and professional career |
|---|---|
| 1987–1995 | Studied law, Islamic studies and Arabic studies in Bonn, Cairo, Geneva and Berlin, with stays in Cairo, Tunis and Damascus |
| 1995 | First state examination in law |
| 1996–1998 | Legal traineeship at the Berlin Higher Regional Court |
| 1998 | Second state examination in law |
| 1998–1999 | Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg |
| 1999–2001 | Attaché training at the Federal Foreign Office |
| 2001–2003 | Consul at the German Embassy in Tehran |
| 2005–2007 | Representative of the German Ambassador on the EU Political and Security Committee, Brussels |
| 2007–2009 | European policy advisor to the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag |
| 2009–2011 | Deputy Chief of Staff, Federal Foreign Office |
| 2011–2013 | Chief of Staff, Federal Foreign Office |
| 2013–2017 |
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, New York
Vice-President of the Executive Board of UNICEF (2014–2015) and UN Women (2015–2016) |
| 2017–2020 | Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO, Brussels |
| 2020–2023 | German Ambassador to Brazil |
| April 2023 – present | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance |