Academic appointments

• Lawyer specialising in data protection, telecommunications and IT law
• External data protection officer
• Advising numerous companies and groups on all issues relating to national and international data protection law
• Special expertise in the field of telecommunications data protection and many years of advice in this area for network operators, service providers and hardware suppliers
• Responsible for data protection compliance in international IT projects (privacy by design)
• Speaker at national and international data protection conferences
• Author of publications on telecommunications data protection and for DataGuidance, a global information and specialist database on data protection
• Former employee and company data protection officer at a global telecommunications company
• Worked for many years as a legal advisor for consumer protection organisations in Germany and New Zealand, previously worked in various law firms specialising in banking and capital market law

Legal training

• Studied Law at the University of Augsburg
• Studied Business Administration at the Open University of Hagen

Memberships

• Member of various supra-regional associations and working groups (BvD, DGRI, GDD, IAPP)

Certification

• Certified expert data protection officer according to the Ulm model (udis-zert)

Ongoing doctorate on data protection in networked vehicles at the University of Oldenburg