| Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, subsequently self-employed in business development | Started work as recruitment and marketing assistant with an international consulting firm located in Frankfurt in 1999, work-related transfer to Switzerland | Promoted to Consultant in the department of Individual Development in 2001 | MSc in Human Resources Management from the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich in 2005 | Currently Consultant at BOSS Business Consulting with focus on training and development, potential assessments and assessment of superiors. |