I also organised study trips to Mexico and Cuba and worked at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, where I contributed to the study 'Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland', an early blueprint for the green transformation of the German economy. (3/7)

But after graduating, I wanted to move in with my then girlfriend and future wife, who lived near Frankfurt, so I looked for a job in finance. I attended JP Morgan’s banking seminar and landed a job as a fixed income portfolio manager at DWS. The first few months were tough. (4/7)