has been a board member of GWQ ServicePlus AG since August 2008. From 2001 to mid-2008, he was initially responsible for health management at 4sigma, before joining the management team in 2005 and leading the company as CEO from 2007. From 1996 to 2001 he worked at the Technical University of Munich as a research assistant and project manager in the area of health services research. He studied human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and acquired the title of Master of Health Management at the University of Bern, Switzerland, as part of a part-time continuing education course.