Since January 2018	Member of the Executive Board at RWE Power AG, Lignite Division (CTO)
August 2016 - December 2017	Member of the Executive Board at RWE Generation SE and RWE Power AG Ressort Lignite
2010 - Juli 2016	Head of Lignite Planning and Development Division
2004 - 2010	Head of Opencast Mining Planning and Permission, authorised representative
2002 - 2004	Head of Large Appliances Department, Representative of Head of Opencast Mining at Hambach Mine
1993 - 2002	Worked in several divisions as production engineerand planning expert
1992 - 1993	Trainee programme Hambach Mine
April 1992	Joined Rheinbraun AG (now RWE Power)
1990 - 1992	Research assistant at RWTH Aachen and acquired doctorate (PhD in Engineering)
1985 - 1989	Studied Mining at RWTH Aachen, graduated as an engineer
1983 - 1984	Military service
1983	Secondary school leaving certificate (Abitur)
13 February 1964	born in Duisburg-Hamborn,Germany