Since May 2018
Director General European Policies

2017-2018
Deputy Director General European Policies

2015-2017
Head of Central Legal Division

2010-2015
Head of Division „Future of the EU, justice and home affairs, better regulation“

2006-2010
Counsellor in the Division „Future of the EU, justice and home affairs, better regulation

2005-2006
Counsellor in the Division “Coordination of EU cohesion and structural policy”

2000
First Secretary in the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels

1997-2000
First Secretary the Division “Human Resources” Civil servant at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

1986-1997
Doctorate as Dr. jur. at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Study of Law at the Universities of Regensburg und Munich, scientific activities at various chairs and legal traineeship