Since August 2023 German Ambassador designate to Trinidad and Tobago, Special Envoy for Climate Issues in the Caribbean

2018 - 2022 Director-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Adviser, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

2017 - 2018 Director for Human Rights, International Development and Social Affairs, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

2014 - 2017 Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy, Beijing

2009 - 2014 Minister Plenipotentiary for Political Affairs and Security Council Political Coordinator (2011/2012), Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, New York

2006 - 2009 Head of Public International Law Division, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

2002 – 2006 Deputy Head of Public International Law Division, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

1999 - 2002 Permanent Mission of Germany to NATO, Brussels

1996 – 1999 Public International Law Division, German Federal Foreign Office, Bonn

1993 – 1996 Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy, Port of Spain

1992 – 1993 Office of the Minister of State, German Federal Foreign Office, Bonn

1991- 1992 Foreign Service Academy, Bonn

1990 Second State Examination in Law, Cologne

1986 First State Examination in Law, Bonn