
After her Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Abitur), Kerstin Dirkschnieder first completed a course as a state certified agricultural engineering assistant. She then studied jurisprudence at the University of Bielefeld and commercial law at the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule). The emphasis in this respect was on trade, industry and personnel management. Kerstin Dirkschnieder has been a management assistant since the 01.05.2007, having succeeded Ms. Jehn in this position.