CV

• Born on 23 September 1970 in Hamburg.

• 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 to 25 March 2025
  Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks

• since 25 March 2025
  Acting Head of the Federal Chancellery and acting Federal Minister for Special Tasks