Personal and professional background

1961

born in Niebüll

1980

Abitur in Niebüll

1980 - 1981

military service

1981 - 1987

agriculture studies at the Kiel University and agricultural internship

1987

examination for Agricultural Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.agr.) with focus on economics and social sciences

1987 - 1991

scientific employee at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kiel University

1991

doctorate in Agricultural Sciences (Dr.sc.agr.) at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kiel University. Dissertation title "Analyse des Milchquotenhandels - dargestellt am Beispiel des Marktes für Milchquoten in Schleswig-Holstein"

1987 - 2002

lecturer at the Bankakademie e.V., in the field of General Economic Studies

1988 - 2002

lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Kiel and other universities for different economic study fields

1991 - 1992

deputy chair of the Faculty of Agriculture at the UAS Kiel for the disciplines Economics and Market Studies

1992 - 1997

further training and consulting expert in the department of operational management and consulting at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein, areas of responsibility:

- further training of lecturers and consultants

- seminars for operational management (conception and implementation)

- business analysis and lecturing activities

1997 - 2002

advertising and marketing expert at the Department of Quality Label at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein

- conception and realisation of the quality label marketing strategy

- organisation of fair presentations

- market research

2002

appointment as professor for Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture, UAS Kiel, with focus on business management and marketing

seit 2006

Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture

2009 - 2015

vice-chair of the Faculty Conference Days of faculties in the Agricultural Sector

2015 - 2019

chair of the faculty conference days of faculties in the Agricultural Sector