Professional Affiliation

Chair, Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting; Director International Law, German Foreign Office

Expert Bio

• 1983: Law studies at the University of Munich
• 1989: First State Examination in Law
• 1989: Practical legal training
• 1992: Second State Examination in Law (Bar Exam)
• 1993: German Foreign Office Diplomatic School, Bonn
• 1994: Office of the Minister of State for European Affairs, Foreign Office, Bonn
• 1995: German Embassy Budapest
• 1998: Personnel Department, Foreign Office, Bonn/Berlin
• 2001: German Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels
• 2004: Deputy Head of Crisis Prevention Unit, UN Department, Foreign Office, Berlin
• 2006: Chief of Staff to the Director of the Policy Unit, Helga Schmid, General Council Secretariat of the EU, Brussels
• 2010: Head of Unit European Policy Relations with EU Member States/EU Foreign Relations, Federal Chancellery, Berlin
• 2014: Deputy Head of the German Embassy in London
• 2018: Director for Human Rights, International Development and Social Affairs, Foreign Office, Berlin
• 2019: Vice President, Federal Foreign Intelligence Service
• 2022: Director International Law, Legal Department, Foreign Office, Berlin