Born in Cologne in 1945. She trained in insurance, specializing in brokers’ and insurers’ services. At the same time she attended seminars organized by financial and administrative leaders. She worked as the head of finance department at the central insurance office of Allianz in Cologne.
Since 2003 she and her partner Dimitris Soulas have lived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) and Thessaloniki (Greece).