Date of birth

10.04.1960

Place of birth

Wolfsburg, Germany

Civil status

Married, 2 children

Education Qualifications:

1987

Second level of state law examinations

1984 - 1987

Practical legal training

1984

First level of state law examinations

1978 -1984

Studies in law, philosophy and theatre

Professional Career:

since September 2015

Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, Nigeria

2012 - 2015

Head of Division at Federal Foreign Office

2008 - 2012

Deputy Head of Mission at German Embassy, Pretoria

2005 - 2008

Deputy Head of Mission at German Embassy, Dar es Salaam

2001 - 2005

Deputy Head of Division at Federal Foreign Office

1996 - 2001

Federal Foreign Office

1993 - 1996

German Embassy, Tel Aviv

1991 - 1993

German Embassy, Moscow

1989 - 1991

Federal Foreign Office

1988 - 1989

Foreign service training

1987 - 1988

Ministry for Cultural Affairs, Berlin