June 24, 1950 in Bischofsheim an der Rhön / Germany

1969 Study of law and business administration at the Universities of Würzburg and Frankfurt;

receiving his doctorate at the University of Frankfurt

1979 Various positions at Dresdner Bank AG and Degussa AG

1990 Executive Board member at Leybold AG

1994 CFO at Balzers and Leybold Group, CEO at Balzers and Leybold Germany Holding AG

2001 Board member at Philipp Holzmann AG

2002 Board member at Carl Schenck AG

2004 Manke Management Consulting

Since January 2006 Chief Financial Officer at Siltronic AG and appointed as a member of the Executive Board in July 2006.