1964 Born on 3 April in Kiel, Germany, married
1983 Political science, public law and Slavic studies in Kiel
1988 Scientific assistant at the Federal Institute for Eastern Scientific and International Studies in Cologne and at the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Bonn
1992 Completion of his PhD at the Free University of Berlin
1994 Attaché training at the Federal Foreign Office in Bonn
1995 Desk officer in the office of Minister of State Dr. Werner Hoyer, Federal Foreign Office
1996 Speechwriter for Federal Minister Dr. Klaus Kinkel, Federal Foreign Office
1997 Cultural and press attaché at the German Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand
1999 Foreign policy consultant in a parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
2006 Head of division in the Office of the Federal President
2009 Counsellor at the German Embassy in Washington D.C., USA
2009 Head of the Parliament and Cabinet Division in the Federal Foreign Office
2014 Head of the Office of Minister of State Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer, Federal Foreign Office
2014 Head of the Central Europe Division in the Federal Foreign Office
2015 Consul General in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
2016 Vice President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
2019-2021 Ambassador in Bagdad (Iraq)
2022 Vice President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst