1962 Born on 12 July in Essen, Germany, widowed, two children
1983 Law studies in Bonn, Germany, and in Lausanne, Switzerland
1988 First state examination in law
1991 Legal clerkships in Bonn and Speyer, Germany, and in Sydney, Australia
1994 Second state examination in law
1995 Desk officer in the Federal Chancellery
1996 Expert consultant in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
2005 Head of the Minister’s Office and spokesman for Federal Minister Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble in the Federal Ministry of the Interior
2006 Head of the executive group at the Federal Ministry of the Interior
2009 Head of the executive group at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2010 Head of Division VIII (in charge of privatisations, investments and federal real estate) at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2016 President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst