- Year of birth: 1973
- Place of birth: Essen
- Nationality: German
- Member since: 18 October 2021
- End of term: 2025
Education
- Apprenticeship as office clerk
Professional career
| Since 2022 | Chairman of Städtetag NRW |
| Since 2018 | Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDU Deutschlands |
| Since 2015 |
Member of the Executive Committee of Städtetag NRW, since 2021 Deputy Chairman |
| Since 2015 | Member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Städtetag |
| Since 2015 | Mayor of the City of Essen |
| 2012 - 2015 |
Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament; member of the executive committee of the CDU state parliamentary group and energy policy spokesman of the CDU state parliamentary group |
| 2010 - 2012 | Project Officer of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V. in Berlin |
| Since 2021 | Chairman of the CDU Ruhr |
| 2006 - 2021 | Deputy Chairman of the CDU Ruhr |
| 2005 - 2010 | Integration Commissioner of the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2002 - 2005 | Member of the executive committee of the CDU state parliamentary group and spokesperson on migration policy for the CDU state parliamentary group |
| 2000 - 2005 | Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament |
| 2009 - 2015 | Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Essen City Council |
| 1999 - 2009 | Chairman of the Youth Welfare Committee of the Essen City Council |
| 1999 - 2015 |
Member of the Essen City Council |
| 1996 - 2002 | Chairman of the Junge Union Ruhr |
| 1994 - 1999 | Member of the Essen-Borbeck District Council IV; deputy spokesman of the CDU parliamentary group |
| Since 1989 | Member of the CDU Deutschlands |
| 1994 - 2000 | Commercial employee of a medium-sized company in Essen |
Memberships in other mandatory supervisory boards
- Stadtwerke Essen AG1 (Chairman)
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory committees of commercial enterprises
- Verwaltungsrat Sparkasse Essen (Chairman)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the RAG Stifung
Core competences
- Comprehensive energy expertise (electricity generation from renewables, energy trading and conventional electricity generation)
- Expertise in company strategy development and implementation
- Competence in the areas of new technologies and digitisation
- Leadership experience
- Profound knowledge of the public sector
- International experience in the energy sector, knowledge of its international status and of domestic and international interests in relation to the sector
- Knowledge of accounting and financial statement audits
- Special knowledge and experience in applying accounting principles and internal monitoring methods
- Appropriate expertise in co-determination matters
1 Group mandate of the City of Essen