1997: Diploma in Business Administration (BA) from the Mannheim University of Cooperative Education with majors in Human Resources Management and Marketing
2006: Diploma in Psychology from Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Major in Work and Organizational Psychology
2006 - 2020: Employed personnel development specialist for executives, leadership trainer and coach, and freelance lecturer at various universities
2008 - 2022: various training and further education courses, including training as a systemic coach at the Hamburg Institute for Systemic Solutions and at the Wiesloch Institute