Career
Ammon holds a Doctorate in Economics from Berlin’s Free University and most recently served as German Ambassador to the United States of America (2011-2014) and as State Secretary at the German Foreign Office in Berlin (2008-2011) under both Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Guido Westerwelle. In 2007 and 2008, Ammon was appointed German Ambassador to Paris, France. His prior diplomatic career included postings to London, Dakar/Senegal, New Delhi and Washington District of Columbia From 1996 to 1999, he was Head of Policy Planning and speech writer to the President of Germany, Roman Herzog.
A staunch advocate of free trade, Ammon takes strong personal interest in what it takes to build a fair, peaceful and prosperous global order.
As Director General for Economics at the German Foreign Office from 2001 to 2007, he helped prepare the G8 world economic summits for German chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel.