1962 : German high school degree - officer training German armed forces. 1973 : General Staff course, German Armed forces academy. 1975 : General Staff officer NATO - headquarters and German armed forces. 1979 : Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB). 1984 : general manager RAM-System GmbH. 1986 : senior vice-president Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB). Marketing national and international government programs. 1991 : senior vice-president marketing and sales Military Aircraft Division, Daimler Aerospace AG (DASA) 1994 : senior vice-president Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG. Government Affairs and Business Development. 1999 : member of the executive board Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG. CEO division "Gerate". Head of "External Relations". 2007 : Retirement. Part-time consulting activities.