Born in Karlsruhe (married, two children)

Earned a degree in Economics at the University of Karlsruhe

Research assistant at the University of Karlsruhe’s Institute for Economic Policy and Research

Economic and financial policy specialist for the Executive Committee of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD)

Awarded PhD by the University of Karlsruhe’s Department of Economics and Business Engineering

Research grant from the SEW-Eurodrive Foundation in Washington D.C.

Head of the President’s Office at the former Land Central Bank of Bremen, Lower Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Hanover Regional Office

Head of the Market Analyses and Reporting Section of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Markets Department

Head of the Market Analyses and Portfolios Division of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Markets Department

Head of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Markets Department

Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, responsible for the Markets and Information, Technology Departments