Born in 1956 in Wegberg, Germany

1971 - 1974
Trained as a bank clerk at Kreissparkasse Heinsberg (a municipal savings bank)

1975 - 1982
Economics degree (Diplom-Ökonomin) at the University of Wuppertal

1982
Financial analyst at Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main

1 September 1982
Joined the Land Central Bank in North-Rhine Westphalia

1984 - 2002
Managerial positions at the branches in Aachen, Mönchengladbach, Moers, Düsseldorf
and in the Land Central Bank’s Operational Organisation Division

2002 - 2004
Manager of the Mönchengladbach Branch

2004 - 2006
Manager of the Aachen Branch

2006 - 2011
Head of the Credit Assessment and Securities Section at the Regional Office in North-Rhine Westphalia

2011 - 2013
Head of In-House and Branch Operations at the Regional Office in Hesse

Since October 2013
President of the Regional Office in North Rhine-Westphalia