Secretary General of Europa Cantat - European Federation of Young Choirs since 2001. (Before: Executive Manager and Deputy Secretary General of Europa Cantat / Manager of the International Chamber-Choir Competition Marktoberdorf and the festival Musica Sacra International),

Board member and Treasurer of the European Music Cuoncil (EMC) from 2002 to 2008. Member of the Executive Board of the International Music Council (IMC) from 2007.

Trained as language teacher for English, French and German. Double nationality: French and German, spent 9 years in Latin America, 1 year in UK and 1 year in France.