State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance
till June 1994: Studied Sciences Economiques, PantheonSorbonne University, Paris
September 1995 – June 1997: Master in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
July 1997 – February 2001: Ph.D. in finance, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
March 2001 – 2004: Associate in product development team, Goldman Sachs International, London
2004 - 2011: Associate and then (from 2007 to 2011) head of the equities division for Germany and Austria, Goldman Sachs International, Frankfurt
2011 - 2014: Head of equity derivatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Goldman Sachs International, London
2014 – March 2018: Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs AG and Managing Director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International
April 2018 - present: State Secretary for Financial market policy and European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance
