Born on 3 April 1973 in Solingen; unmarried; Protestant

1979 – 1992
Primary and secondary school, Leverkusen

1992 – 1998
Studied law at the University of Bonn and the Humboldt University in Berlin (first state examination in law)

1998 – 2000
Project manager in the Communication and Marketing Department of Radio EINS (rbb radio broadcaster), Berlin

2000 – 2001
Trained at the Berliner Journalistenschule (Berlin School of Journalism)

2001 – 2002
Freelance journalist for Extra 3 (NDR television channel), Hamburg and the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, Munich

2002 – 2003
Practical training at ZDF, the German television channel, Mainz

2004 – 2005
Editor and reporter for the breakfast television programme ZDF Morgenmagazin, Berlin

2006 – 2009
Editor in the Germany II division of Der Spiegel news magazine, Hamburg

2009 – 2012
Defence and security policy correspondent of Der Spiegel news magazine, Berlin Office

2013 – 2015
Deputy manager of the Berlin Office of Focus news magazine

2015 – 2016
Manager of the Berlin Office of RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland

since June 2016
Deputy Government Spokesperson and Deputy Head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government