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CURRICULUM VITAE
Born on 10 April 1957 in Trassem, Rhineland-Palatinate
Background
Since 16 April 2018
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
2015-April 2018
Chairman of the Presiding Board of Deutsches Verkehrsforum (German Transport Forum)
Since 2011
Professor of International and European Commercial Law and Financial Relations at Jacobs University Bremen
2009-2014
Senator of Finance, Berlin
2007-2009
Vice President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Bremerhaven
2003-2007
Senator of Finance, Bremen
Since 1998
Shareholder in SLH Sea Life Harvesting Bremerhaven
1996-2003
Vice President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Bremerhaven
1984-1998
Various roles and senior positions in the fisheries sector and in the fields of administration, finance and trade
Until 1985
Degree in law and political science; Universities of Saarbrücken, Geneva, Strasbourg and London, doctoral thesis