From 2009 to 2012 German Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN, and East Timor Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Special Envoy for Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus at the German Foreign Office Since 2014 Director for Asia-Pacific in the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Office Senior Advisor at Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner Berlin Chairman
- From 2009 to 2012 German Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN, and East Timor
- Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
- Special Envoy for Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus at the German Foreign Office Since 2014
- Director for Asia-Pacific in the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Office
- Senior Advisor at Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner Berlin
- Chairman of the Friends of Castle Wiepersdorf – Bettina and Achim von Arnim Museum eV,
- Chairman of the Friends and Promoter of the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
