since April 2023
Head of the Faculty of Naval Forces and Representative of the Chief of the German Navy at the BwCSC
2022 - 2023
Head of Education and Training and Deputy Commandant, Naval Academy Mürwik
2014 - 2022
Commanding Officer, sail training ship GORCH FOCK
2013 - 2014
Executive Officer, sail training ship GORCH FOCK
2011 - 2013
Lecturer for military policy and strategy, BwCSC
2009 - 2011
Commanding Officer, frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
Staff Officer (Plans) and Deputy Head of the MAROPS control group, Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command
2007 - 2009
Assistant to Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Kossendey, FMoD
2005 - 2007
Desk Officer, Armed Forces Staff, FMoD
2003 - 2005
Executive Officer, frigate EMDEN
2001 - 2003
Student on the 43rd Admiral Staff Officer Course, BwCSC
1999 - 2001
Divisional Officer, sail training ship GORCH FOCK
1995 - 1999
Principal Warfare Officer and Navigation Officer, frigate SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
1994 - 1995
Advanced specialist training focusing on antisubmarine warfare
1993 - 1994
Communications Officer, frigate BREMEN
1992 - 1993
Student on the class 122 frigate general system training course
1991 - 1993
Deck Officer, frigate BREMEN
1987 - 1991
Studies in Economics and Organisational Sciences, degree: Diplom-Kaufmann, Bundeswehr University Hamburg
1986- 1988
Officer training at the Naval Academy Mürwik and on the training ships GORCH FOCK / DEUTSCHLAND
1986
Entry into the German Navy, member of Crew VII/86
1993
Operation SHARP GUARD (Adriatic Sea)
2004 - 2005
Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (Mediterranean Sea)
2009
UNIFIL mission (flagship, Lebanon)
2010
EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA (counter-piracy mission, Horn of Africa)
