CV
- since 1989
Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) - 1990
Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Hamburg - 1991 to 1997
Studied law in Hamburg and Bilbao/Spain, first state examination in law
- 1997 to 2000
Research associate at the University of Hamburg - 2000 to 2002
Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, second state examination in law - 2002 to 2005
Personal assistant, then office manager to the Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) - 2005 to 2007
Office manager of the First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag - 2007 to 2009
Head of the Minister’s Office and Head of the Management and Planning Unit at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - 2010 to 2011
Director of the German branch of the International Labour Organization (ILO) - 2011 to 2018
State Councillor (Secretary of State) and Plenipotentiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation, to the European Union and for Foreign Affairs - 2014 to 2015
Chair of the Conference of European Ministers (EMC) - 2015 to 2018
Member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) - 2018 to 2021
Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance - since December 2021
Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks