* 13 August 1960, married, 3 children
Lawyer – Studies in law in Bonn and Lausanne/Switzerland
1991
Entry into the Federal Ministry of Economics
Desk Officer in the “Task Force New Federal States” (“Leitungsstab Neue Bundesländer”)
1993
Desk Officer for labour and social law in the parliamentary group of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
2000
Entry into the Bundeskartellamt
Rapporteur in the 8th Decision Division (banking and financial services)
2001
Head of Unit International Competition Matters
Rapporteur in the 4th Decision Division (card-based payment systems)
2005
Director of the General Policy Division
2009
President of the Bundeskartellamt
