Since 06/2002 European Commission, Brussels
 

• Since 02/2025 Chief Economist, Task Force Housing
• 2021/2025 Senior Expert ECFIN.G, supporting my director in various horiziontal tasks, with a special focus on economic surveillance and forecasting
• 2016/2022 Deputy Head of Unit ECFIN.E.1 / G.1, leading the team for Poland, between 09/2018 and 01/2021 also for Malta, between 04/2020 and 09/2020 as acting Head of Unit also for Czechia and Slovakia
• 2012/2016 Deputy Head of Unit, ECFIN.H.3 / E.3, leading the teams first for Finland and Bulgaria, including during the banking crisis, and as from 11/2014 for Romania, including during the 3rd macroeconomic assistance programme; between 10/2012 and 06/2013 "on loan" leading the team for Slovenia, stepping up the economic analysis and preparing for potential support and surveillance procedures; after 09/2015 de-facto Head of Unit as the HoU became acting Director ECFIN.R
• 2010/2012 Secondment to the IMF, senior economist for Romania: Covering real macroeconomic developments and structural reforms, including state-owned enterprises and labour markets; active participation in programme negotiations, mission preparation and drafting of related documents like policy notes and staff reports
• 2008/2010 ECFIN.A.4, coordinator of the macroeconomic forecast exercises: planning and implementation of the macroeconomic forecasts involving about half of ECFIN staff; continous improvement of the forecast exercise e.g. by new communication tools, automated consistency checks and training sessions for desks as well as by contributing to the overhall of the main forecast publication; active participation in shaping the common view and in drafting all realted documents like speaking notes and publications
• 2005/2008 ECFIN.B.1 / F.2, economist on the German desk: covering structural reforms and real macroeconomic developments, including development of a new quarterly forecast sheet used as template for other desks; coordination of the German country seminar and of the German country study; active participation in forecast and “Lisbon” missions
• 2002/2005 ECFIN.E.3, Economist for regional policy: providing DG Regio with economic analysis on regional policy desing and evaluation, including framework changes for the programming period 2007 - 13; active participation in forming regional policy plans in new Member States for the programming period 2004 / 06 and monitoring in incumbent Member States

01/2001 - 06/2002 Economist, Oppenheim Research, Cologne

Analysis of macroeconomic policy and developments in main European countries with view on their financial market impact; presentation of results in publications, presentations and meetings with institutional investors

11/1999 - 11/2000 Chief economist, Independent Research, Frankfurt a. M.
 

Responsability for macroeconomic developments including real growth, exchange rates and interest rates forecasts for US, Japan, EU and Germany as well as sectoral analyses; communication to finanacial market clients via real-time comments and regular publications

05/1997 - 10/1999 Research Assistant, Research Institute for Public Administration,
Speyer

Research Project: Globalisation of German and Western European Economies in Southeast Asia