Curriculum vitae
Since 01/2025
ERGO Deutschland AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chief Operating Officer
Chair of the Board of Management
2019 - 2024
ERGO International AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chief Operating Officer
Chair of the Board of Management
'Ausgliederungsbeauftragter' for Compliance and Internal Audit
2017 - 2019
ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Head of Corporate Development
2013 - 2017
ERGO Group AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
(until April 2016 ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG)
Head of ERGO company organization
2011 - 2013
ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Head of sales organization ERGO Pro
2009 - 2013
ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG
VFG Vorsorge Finanzierungsconsulting GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Managing Director
2007 - 2009
ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG
Hamburg-Mannheimer Versicherungs-AG, Hamburg, Germany
Head of Sales development and controlling, authorized officer
2004 - 2007
ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Assistant to Chief Executive Officer
2000 - 2004
KIVI Kölner Institut für Versicherungsinformation GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Freelancer and analyst of annual financial statements of German insurance companies
1999 - 2004
Dissertation "Risk Management Consulting by Industrial Insurance Companies: Classification, Design and Evaluation"
Doctorate Dr. rer. pol.
1999 - 2004
University of Cologne, Germany
Seminar for general business administration, risk management and insurance theory
Doctoral student and research assistant
1997 - 1998
Eastern Illinois University, IL, USA
MBA program
Graduation: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1994 - 1999
University of Cologne, Germany
Studies of Business Administration
Graduation: Diplom-Kaufmann
29 December 1973
Born in Schwerte, Germany