Born 1967 in Marburg. Studied Journalism, Economics and Law in München an is working as an investigativ Journalist since more then 20 years. First for the german weekly STERN later for "manager magazin", since 2003 for DER SPIEGEL. In there Coordinator for Investigativ Reporting and member of DER SPIEGEL´s I-Team. Broke up many scandals Finance, Corruption, Arms-Deals and Sports. Two times winner of the Nannen-Price for investigativ reporting.