Professional experiences
| Since 2016 | Owner Thorsten Kausch – Cities . Brands . Impulses |
| 2013–2016 | Hamburg Convention Bureau GmbH Sole Managing Director |
| 2010–2013 | Hamburg Tourismus GmbH Deputy Managing Director |
| 2006–2016 | Hamburg Marketing GmbH Managing Director |
| 1997–2006 | Hamburgische Bezirksversammlung & Bürgerschaft (Hamburg City-State Parliament) regional and parliament member |
| 2005–2006 | Hamburg Marketing GmbH Project manager of the world champion team |
| 2003–2005 | Economic and Labour Affairs Office, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Personal adviser to the senator |
| Studies | Business management (BA), dual course of studies Berufsakademie (Cooperative Education Academy) Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel |