Dr. Ernst completed his academic studies of plastics engineering at the University of Paderborn/Germany (1995-2002), where he also successfully doctorated from January 2002 to January 2006. Afterwards he was working in various expert functions with BB Engineering GmbH a subsidiary of Oerlikon Manmade Fibers (2006-2012) and was holding the office of the Head of Sales and Executive Vice President from 2012 to 2016. Since July 2016 Dr. Ernst has been employed by Oerlikon Manmade Fibers as Global Head of Service Sales first and from March 2023 until today as Global Head of Sales.