Education
1968 – 1977 Gymnasium in Heidenheim high school degree
Vocational training/academic career
1977 – 1978 Working student at Voith Getriebe KG, Heidenheim
1978 – 1985 Studies of law at the University of Tübingen, Degree: 1st state examination with distinction 1986 – 1988 Legal trainee at the Regional Court of Tübingen Degree: 2nd state examination with distinction
Professional background
01/1989 – 05/1991 Lawyer in Stuttgart Focus on public and private real estate legislation
06/1991 – 09/1994 Head of social affairs at the district office of Rems-Murr-Kreis responsible for: social welfare office, youth welfare office, compensation office, road traffic office, legal and regulatory office
10/1994 – 05/1995 Speaker at the regional council in Stuttgart, department Plan approvals and expropriations
06/1995 – 12/2003 First state official and permanent general deputy of the District Chief Executive at the Schwäbisch Hall district office,
10/2003 Elected District Chief Executive of the district of Schwäbisch Hall
since 01.01.2004 Governor, now in the third term
A part of sideline activities
1993 – 2003 Lecturer at the Ludwigsburg University of Applied Sciences, University for Public Administration and Finance
since 5/2004 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KreisVerkehr Schwäbisch Hall GmbH
since 5/2004 Member of the Supervisory Board of Tourismus-Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg (TMBW)
since 5/2005 Representative of the shareholders in the supervisory board of EnBW Ostwürttemberg-DonauRies AG
5/2006 – 09/2020 Member of the supervisory board of SV Gebäudeversicherung AG
since 1/2004 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse Schwäbisch Hall/Crailsheim
since 12/2006 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the district of Schwäbisch Hall Klinikum GmbH
since 1/2020 Chairman of the Schwäbisch Hall district broadband associatio