Born in Gera (married, two children)

Abitur (school-leaving certificate) at Recklinghausen grammar school/Westphalia

Military service

Degree in economics at the University of Bonn

Assistant at the Institute for Industrial and Transport Policy, awarded a doctorate in economics

Post-doctoral position at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Federal Ministry of Finance: Specialist in the division dealing with financial issues relating to trade and industry and housing construction

Secondment to the International Monetary Fund in Washington

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: Head of the division dealing with communications and links to left-wing extremist groups

Federal Ministry of Finance

Head of the division dealing with financial issues in social policy

Head of the minister’s office

Head of the division dealing with financial issues in transportation

Head of the division for national currency issues, Head of the “Intra-German Relations” working group, leading role in the German currency union

Head of the Treuhand Agency, Legal and Specialist Supervision department

State secretary for the Ministry of Finance of the Federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Chairman of the Board of Management of TLG Treuhandliegenschaftsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin

Head of Group Internal Audit at Deutsche Bahn AG

Board Member, DB Netz AG

Senator for Finance for the Federal state of Berlin

Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

responsible for the Cash Management Department, the Information Technology Department and the Risk Controlling Department

responsible for the Information Technology Department and the Risk Controlling Department

responsible for the Information Technology Department, Risk Controlling Department and the Audit Department