Sigrid gained her first experience in office administration as a student. Studying for a degree in Theology, she also worked as a part time student administrative assistant at the International Office of Union Theological Cemetery in NY, USA.  

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She then worked for several big and small church congregations both in Germany and the UK, before becoming the administrator at a community centre in Notting Hill, London.

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She has been the Soanes Centre Manager since September 2001and has lived in Tower Hamlets since 1998 . She is a local historian in her spare time, and also a trustee of Setpoint’s 'sister' charity at the Soanes Centre (the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park), a committee member of the East London History Society, the Friends of St. George’s German Lutheran Church, Aldgate and a member of the Tower Hamlets Inter Faith Forum.  In her spare time, she enjoys knitting, crocheting, sewing, painting and woodwork.