Born January 15th, 1965 in Augsburg, Germany

Hanns Seidel Foundation

-The leading think-tank in Bavaria and affiliated to the Christian-Social Union (CSU). The CSU is the dominating political party in Bavaria and leading the state government since 1957. It is part of the incumbent German federal government and has 46 members in the German and 6 members in the European Parliament.

- Global presence with offices in almost 70 countries

- Annual budget of 60 million Euro

- Founded in 1967

- Active in the United States since 1989

Political Experience

- District Chairman of the CSU Swabia since 2005

- Member of the CSU board since 1999

- Member of the European Parliament (EP), first elected in 1994

- EPP (European People's Party) Coordinator of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (EP) since 2018

- EP Coordinator of the EU Regulation Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

- Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (EP)

- Chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation since 2020