• State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (2014 to 2017)
  • European Union Ambassador to China and Mongolia (2011 to 2014) and Russia (2017 to 2022)
  • German Ambassador to Australia, Papua-New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru (2022 to 2023)
  • Career in the German Foreign Service for 35 years, including secondments to the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (1999 to 2002) and the German Federal Intelligence Service (2002 to 2006)
  • Joined HD’s Board in 2024