Professional career

Since November 2025
Executive Director for Germany at the International Monetary Fund

Since October 2014 (currently on leave)
President of the Regional Office in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland 

2008-2014
Head of the President's Office at the Deutsche Bundesbank

2004-2008
Deputy Head of the Deutsche Bundesbank's Representative Office in New York

2002-2004
Worked in the Deutsche Bundesbank’s International Relations Department, International Economic and Monetary Development Division

2002
Research visit at the ECB (Graduate Research Programme)

2000-2002
Research assistant at the Center for Financial Studies in Frankfurt am Main
 

Education

1994-2000
Studied economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and in the Department of Economics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA

1993-1994
Alternative civilian service

1992
School leavers' certificate (Abitur)