Thorsten joined EVI in January 2011 as Accounting Assistant to the Financial Director Sten Larsen, and was promoted to Financial Manager in 2013.

Until August 2010 Thorsten was with the international division of the German Railways (Deutsche Bahn).

In 2005, Thorsten took an MSc degree in Economics at Heidelberg University and he is currently studying to become a Certified Accountant at Collegium Academiae, Darmstadt. Thorsten also has a M.A. degree in Sinology from Heidelberg University, and has studied Mandarin Chinese at the University in Shanghai. Apart from his native tongue German, Thorsten is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese and has a basic knowledge of French and Italian.