| July | 2007 | Consul General, Atlanta, GA (USA) |
| July | 2006 | Deputy Consul General, Atlanta, GA (USA) |
| July | 2004 | Head of Unit, European Internal Market Affairs, Federal Foreign Office Berlin |
| Aug. | 2001 | Head, Economic Section, German Embassy Ankara (Turkey) |
| May | 1997 | Deputy Consul General, Boston, MA (USA) |
| Nov. | 1993 | Deputy Head of Unit, European Parliamentary Affairs, Federal Foreign Office Bonn |
| May | 1990 | Political Councellor and Alternate Observer to the OAS, German Embassy Washington, DC (USA) |
| Sept. | 1989 | Fellow in Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (USA) |
| Sept. | 1987 | First Secretary and Head, Economic Section, German Embassy México DF (México) |
| May | 1985 | Desk Officer for Maghreb and Arabian Peninsula Countries, Federal Foreign Office Bonn |
| June | 1982 | Second Secretary and Head, Economic Section, German Embassy Tunis (Tunisia) |
| May | 1980 | Third Secretary, Press and Cultural Affairs, German Embassy Algiers (Algeria) |
| April | 1978 | Attaché, Diplomatic School, Federal Foreign Office Bonn |
| Oct. | 1976 | DAAD-Lektor in German, University of Bradford (United Kingdom) |
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| | Ph.D. in German Literature and History, University of Tübingen |
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