M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography; diploma in Agricultural Economics.
Assistant professor at University of Tuebingen until 1989.
In the 1990s Director of Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) in Southeast Asia; later deputy head of FNF’s foreign department in Bonn.
Since 1998 independent strategy consultant, communication trainer and executive coach for senior figures from the worlds of business, politics and society in Europe and Asia.