Education
1989: Qualified maintenance technician.
Member of the European Parliament politician
1989: Qualified maintenance technician.
1989: Qualified maintenance technician
1990-1996: Bank official, Commerzbank Leipzig
1996-2000: Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG
since 2001: Self-employed
since 1997: Vice-Chairman of the Leipzig Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
since 2004: Chairman of the Supervisory Board, GANOS Kaffee-Kontor & Rösterei AG, Leipzig.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly. Since 2001: Member of the ELDR Party Council
1997-2004: Board Member of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-Hilfe Leipzig e.V.