Year of birth: 1965
Place of birth: Kevelaer
Nationality: German
Professional background:
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since 2019 |
Member of the Federal Executive Board of ver.di Federal Administration, Berlin; Head of Department A for Financial Services, Communication and Technology, Culture, Supply and Waste Management, and Self-Employed Workers |
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2015 - 2019 |
Head of the Strategic Policy Division in Department 1 and Secretary of the ver.di Federal Executive Board, Berlin |
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2009 - 2015 |
Press Spokesperson and Head of the Press Office at ver.di Federal Administration, Berlin |
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2006 - 2009 |
Press Spokesperson and Head of the Press Office of the Bündnis 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Berlin |
| 2001 - 2006 | Editor and chief reporter (from 2004) at BILD's Berlin bureau |
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1993 - 2001 |
Newspaper editor (local and regional news, political news, Berlin parliamentary desk), Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf |
Education:
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1991-1993 |
Journalism traineeship, Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf |
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1985 - 1991 |
Studies in German studies, musicology, and medieval and modern history at the University of Cologne |
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1984 - 1985 |
Compulsory military service |
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1984 |
High school diploma from Kardinal-von-Galen-Gymnasium, Kevelaer |
Expertise/Areas of focus:
Economic, financial, and social policy; press and public relations; and union representation.
Committee memberships on the Deutsche Telekom Supervisory Board:
- Executive Committee
- Mediation Committee