Katja Wilken
President of the Federal Office of Administration
Since 01.04.2024, Katja Wilken has been the President of the Federal Office of Administration.
Born in Emden/East Frisia, in 1970.
- 1976 - 1989 School education and higher education entrance qualification in Dortmund
- 1989 - 1995 Law studies at Ruhr University Bochum
- 1995 First State Examination in Law, followed by a legal traineeship in Hamm
- 1998 Second State Examination in Law
- 1998 Admitted lawyer in a law firm in Essen
- 1999 - 2002 SCIVIAS, company for personnel management, Project Manager
- 2002 - 2018 Federal Employment Agency
- Head of the Administrative Office, Herford Employment Agency
- Executive Director of Operations, Iserlohn Employment Agency
- Senior Administrative Officer of the Executive Board, headquarters in Nuremberg
- Head of Governance, Management Assistance, headquarters in Nuremberg
- Management Board Chair, Essen Employment Agency
- Head of Management Assistance, headquarters in Nuremberg
- Lead Project Manager for the reorganization of the Federal Employment Agency, headquarters in Nuremberg
- Executive Director, headquarters in Nuremberg
- 2015 - 2016 Assignment to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Operations Manager for Refugee Management, headquarters in Nuremberg
- 2017 Federal Ministry of the Interior, Commissioner for Refugee Management
- 2018 - 2022 Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden
- Head of the ‘Population Finance, Taxes’ department
- 2018 to 2020: part-time Director of the Federal Institute for Population Research
- Head of the Digitization and Digital Services department
- Lead Project Manager of the Census 2022 and Register Census projects
- November 2022- March 2024 Vice-President at the Federal Office of Administration
- Since 01.04.2024, Katja Wilken has been the President of the Federal Office of Administration.