- Professor of General Business Administration, since 2010 at the SRH University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Degree in Business Administration from the University of Bielefeld
- Master of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Doctorate at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster in the field of strategic management
- Various management positions in leading international management consultancies