Personal and professional background

1957

born in Quakenbrück

1976

Abitur in Quakenbrück

1976 - 1977

military service

1977 - 1979

training as farmer

1979

final examination

1979 - 1984

agricultural studies at the University of Göttingen

1984

examination for Dipl.-ing. Agr. with focus on economic and social sciences

1984 - 1985

scientific assistant at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Göttingen

1985 - 1989

scientific employee at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Göttingen

1989

Doctorate (Dr. sc. agr.) at the Institute of Agricultural Economics at the University of Göttingen

1989 - 1997

scientific assistant at the research and study centre for refining economy Weser-Ems at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Göttingen in Vechta

1997 - 1998

employee at the Department for Environmental Law and Policy of the German Farmers Federation (DBV) in Bonn

1998 - 2000

Employee in the agricultural surveyor's office in Neuss

seit 2000

self-employed agricultural expert with office in Dötlingen, Lower Saxony

2007 - 2010

lectureship at the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences of Kiel University with focus on the basics of taxation

seit 2010

professor for agricultural economics at the Faculty of Agriculture with focus on corporate management and agricultural management