• Born in 1954

• Nationality:

German

• 1972

Completed apprenticeship as steel fitter

• 1981

Graduated from the Akademie der Arbeit

(trade union academy), Frankfurt am Main

• Since 1981

Trade union secretary at the IG Metall administrative office in Völklingen

• Since 2004

Second authorized representative of the IG Metall administrative office in Völklingen

Member of the Supervisory Board of Saar Schmiede GmbH Freiformschmiede, Völklingen

Member of the representatives’ committee of the Arbeitskammer (Chamber of Labor) in Saarland