Born in 1964.
From 1994 to 1995 – Sales Manager at Philips Medical Systems in Hamburg and Moscow.
From 1995 to 1999 – Cooperation Office of the German Industry, Berlin
From 2000 to August 2007 – Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, Berlin, Member of the Executive Board.
From 2001 to 2003 – Executive Secretary of the Business Advisory Council for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Brussels.
From September 2007 – Delegate of the German Industry in the Russian Federation, Moscow.
From 2008 – Chairman of the Board of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce.
From 2012 – Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Chambers of Commerce.
From April 1st, 2016 – Executive Director of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations in Berlin.