Graduate economist, since 2014 Head of the NRW State Representation of the Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (vdek); 2012–2014 Head of Unit for Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) at the Ministry of Health of North Rhine-Westphalia; previously held various positions in association policy within the statutory health insurance system; currently a member of the Board of the Working Group for Cancer Control NRW and a member of the Supervisory Board of the NRW State Cancer Registry; 2020–2024 member of the founding committee and the advisory board of the Virtual Hospital NRW (VKH NRW).