Born in Lüneburg on 21 October 1965

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Curriculum vitae

1990 to 1992
Research assistant at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Ebenhausen

1992
Joined the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn

1994 to 1995
Desk Officer in the European Directorate-General of the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn

1995 to 1996
Desk Officer in the Office of the Federal Foreign Minister in Bonn

1996 to 1998
Press and Political Desk Officer at the German Embassy in Prague

1999 to 2002
Speechwriter to the Federal Foreign Minister

2002 to 2006
Political and Press Sections at the German Embassy in Ankara

2006 to 2009
Director, US Domestic Politics at the German Embassy in Washington

2009 to 2011
Head of the Office of the Federal Foreign Minister

2011 to 2017
Head of the Policy Planning Staff at the Federal Foreign Office

2017 to 2022
Foreign Policy Adviser to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Office of the Federal President

2022 to 2023
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Poland

since 2023
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office