Professional and academic background

1999 - 2003

student assistant at the Chair of Business Taxation, Prof. Dr. Klaus Ruhnke, Freie Universitaet Berlin

2000

Internship at PwC Deutsche Revision AG, auditing department

since 2003

External doctoral candidate at the Chair of Accounting and Auditing, (Prof. Dr. Ruhnke), Freie Universitaet Berlin

since 2003

Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Studies

1995 - 1998

Master of Arts studies: philosophy, recent German literature as well as recent history at the Freie Universitaet Berlin

1998 - 2003

Studies of business administration at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, with focus on auditing, business taxation and econmic law;

diploma thesis: "Die Prüfung von fair values in einem IAS-/IFRS-Abschluss"