| 1966 | Immigration to Germany as the son of migrant workers |
| 1983-1990 | Scientific Studies, Master degree in Applied Social Sciences, University of Hannover |
| 1991-2015 | Executive Director, German Ethno-Medical Centre, Hannover |
| 1995-2015 | Board Director, German Institute for Transcultural Legal Guardianship, Hannover |
| 1995-2015 | Numerous Invitations, World Economic Forum, Davos, China, Turkey, Austria, Belgium and Jordan |
| 2003-2004 | Certified Executive Education, "Leadership and Health Management", General Health Service Academy, Dusseldorf |
| 2006-2015 | Seven invitations to Chancellor Merkel's Federal Integration Summits |
| 2006 | Appointed Senior Fellow, International Ashoka Organization, Munich |
| 2008 | "Social Entrepreneur of the Year", Award, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship |
| 2008-2012 | Program Director, European Project "AIDS and Mobility" |
| 2009 | Award of the Federal Cross of Merit in Berlin |
| 2009-2013 | Delegate of the German Health Ministry, "Committee of Experts on Mobility, Migration and Access to Health Care", European Council |
| 2009-2010 | Certified Executive Education, "Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management", Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA |
