Regine graduated with a BA in Philosophy & Economics from the University Bayreuth and the University Stellenbosch. After her BA she completed an LLM in Law & Economics from the Universities Rotterdam, Bologna and Berkeley. In the following years she worked as an Investment Banker in London. The year 2009 she spend in Bangladesh, India & Nepal, where she did a course in Micro Financing at the Grameen Bank. In 2010 she started her Start up life, graduated from the Founder Institute, and is since co founder of nelou.com - an ecommerce platform for independent fashion designers.