Born in 1966 in Schleiden, North Rhine-Westphalia 

1986-1987
Military service

1987-1990
Admission to the Federal Intelligence Service and course of study at the Federal University of Applied Sciences, degree in public administration (Diplom-Verwaltungswirt)

1990-1991
Federal Intelligence Service

1991-1995
Leave to study political science, public law, and East European history at Justus Liebig University Gießen, Magister Artium (M.A.) degree

1995-1997
Desk Officer in the Federal Intelligence Service

1997-2003
Deputy Head of Division in the Federal Chancellery

2003-2006
Head of Unit in the Federal Intelligence Service

2007-2013
Head of Division in the Federal Chancellery

2013-2018
Vice-President in the Federal Intelligence Service for Central Tasks and Modernisation, Director for the Budget, Secrecy Protection and Economic Protection

Since 2018
Director Gerneral Construction Management

Activities outside the Bundesbank

• Honorary chair of the Sozialwerke des Bundeskanzleramts (Welfare Associations of the Federal Chancellery)
• Chair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Sozialwerke des Bundes (Syndicate of Federal Welfare Associations)