Born on 16 March 1965 in Singen am Hohentwiel
Married, one child

since September 2025
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom

2021-2025
State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office

2018-2021
Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control and Head of the Directorate-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office

2015-2018
Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office

2013-2015
Head of the Division for Security and Disarmament Policy; Bilateral Relations with the USA, Canada; North, West and South Europe as well as Turkey, Federal Chancellery

2011-2013
Head of the Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Division, Federal Foreign Office

2010-2011
Political Advisor to the Director, Joint Commitments Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence

2006-2010
Parliament and Cabinet Division, Federal Foreign Office

2002-2006
German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1998-2002
Public Relations Division, Federal Foreign Office
as well as

1999-2000
Head of the representative office of the Federal Government in Prizren, Kosovo

1995-1998
Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1994-1995
Task Force “Future prospects for the foreign service”

1993
Entered the higher Foreign Service

1990-1992
Studied law in Bonn, passed first state examination in law

1987-1990
Various positions in Bonn, Paris, Miami, Dakar and Tbilisi, in part combining legal studies with employment

1984-1987
Training for the higher intermediate Foreign Service, degree in Public Administration