Since March 2018: President of the Ministry of Finance and Districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
2011 – 2018: Member of the Hamburg State Parliament (Bürgerschaft), Chairman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group
2004 – 2011: Lawyer in the higher administrative service of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (most recently head of department in the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment)
2004 – 2011: Member of the Hamburg State Parliament (Bürgerschaft), spokesperson for domestic policy for the Social Democratic parliamentary group
2001 – 2004: Deputy to the Justice Authority and advisor at Billwerder Prison
1997 – 2001: Member of the Wandsbek District Assembly
Education
1994 – 1999: Studied law at the University of Hamburg, first state examination
2000 – 2003: Research assistant at the Seminar for Administrative Studies at the University of Hamburg, doctorate
2002 – 2004: Legal clerkship in Hamburg and Los Angeles, second state examination
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards of German companies
Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank AöR1
HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH1 (Chair)
Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE1 (Member of the Administrative Board)
Memberships in comparable domestic or foreign controlling bodies of business enterprises
FCH Finance City Hamburg GmbH1 (Chair)
GMH | Gebäudemanagement Hamburg GmbH1 (Chair)
HafenCity Hamburg GmbH1
Sprinkenhof GmbH1 (Chair)
Other significant activities alongside the Supervisory Board mandate
Since April 2016 District Chairman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group Hamburg-Wandsbek
1 Affiliated companies of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (excluding the HHLA Group)