Peter Limbourg has been Director-General of Deutsche Welle since October 2013. He studied law in Bonn and worked as a correspondent in Leipzig in the former GDR and in London before becoming a correspondent for SAT.1 in Brussels in 1990. In 1996, Limbourg became the head of ProSieben's studio in Bonn, and in 1999 he co-founded and was appointed co-editor-in-chief of N24. From 2008 until 2010 Limbourg was the news channel's sole editor-in-chief. After leaving N24, he served as Senior VP News & Political Information of ProSieben Sat.1 TV Germany. From 2008 until 2013 he was also the head news anchor of SAT.1.