After training as a health insurance specialist at AOK Hamburg (1980-1983), he was first a team leader and branch manager at AOK Hamburg (1983-1990), from 1991 a construction assistant at AOK Rostock and from 1991-1994 division manager for customer advice at AOK Rostock . From 1995 to 1998 he was head of the Rostock regional directorate at AOK MV, from 1998 to 2002 he was head of the services, care and contributions division at AOK MV and from 2002 to 2008 he was head of the sales division at AOK MV and from 2008 to 2010 he was head of the audit department at AOK MV. With the merger of the three Nordost-AOken, he became Head of Audit and Data Protection at AOK Nordost from 2011-2012, Managing Director of the MV State Directorate at AOK Nordost from 2012-2016 and has been a member of the management, Central Services and Department since April 15, 2016 Care at AOK Nordost.