born 1967 in Tübingen, Germany

Professional career

Since September 2024
Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

2022 – 2024
Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport

2021 – 2024
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
(key areas: railways, environment, Europe)

2017 – 2024
Member of the Bundestag

2013 – 2024
Committee member of the FDP federal party

2013 – 2024
State Chairman of the FDP Baden-Württemberg

2017 – 2021
Vice-Chair of the FDP Bundestag parliamentary group

2009 – 2017
Member of the European Parliament

2011 – 2014
Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control

2003 – 2011
Member of the federal executive of the FDP

2006 – 2009
Vice-Chair of the FDP/DVP state parliamentary group

2001 – 2009
Member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg

1995 – 209
Lord Mayor of the city of Horb am Neckar

Education

1995
Degree in economics at the University of Tübingen

1988 – 1990
Editorial trainee and local editor at regional daily newspaper “Schwarzwälder Bote”

1986 – 1987
Basic military service with the 25th Airborne Brigade in Calw