Professional career

since November 2025
Director General Financial Stability, Deutsche Bundesbank

2021 – 2025
Executive Director for Germany, International Monetary Fund

2017 – 2021
Deputy Director General Financial Stability Department, Deutsche Bundesbank

2015 – 2017
Deputy Director General G20 Policy, Bundesministerium der Finanzen

2013 – 2015
Deputy Director General Financial Stability Department, Deutsche Bundesbank

2009 – 2013
Head of Representative Office New York, Deutsche Bundesbank

2006 – 2009
Counsellor to the Executive Board, European Central Bank

2005 – 2006
Head of the office of the Vice-President, Deutsche Bundesbank

2003 – 2005
Department International Relations, Deutsche Bundesbank

2000 – 2003
Deutsche Bundesbank Representative at the German Embassy Moscow

1996 – 2000
Economics Department, Landeszentralbank North Rhine-Westphalia

1993 – 1996
Chamber of Industry and Commerce Saarland, Economics Department
 

Education

1998 – 1993
PhD in economics at the University of Konstanz

1983 – 1988
Degree in eonomics at the University of Konstanz