Member of the Armament project

Since September 2009 Advisor, Research Division International Security

2008/2009 Director, Armaments Department of the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU

2004-2007 Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency, Brussels

2004 Member, Agency Establishment Team with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

2001-2004 Director, International Armaments Relations, Ministry of Defence, Bonn

2000/2001 Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, Bonn/Berlin

1999/2000 Director, Secretariat of the "Weizsäcker-Commission" for Bundeswehr Reform, Bonn/Berlin

1991-1999 Dean, Social Science Department, General Staff College, Hamburg

Expertise:

International Relations, Security Policy, Armaments Policy, Military Sociology

Current focus:

Force Planning, Capability Development for European Security and Defence Policy, Armaments Cooperation, Technology Policy, European Industrial Policy