From left: Immanuel Hermreck, Bernd Hirsch, Thomas Rabe, Anke Schäferkordt, Markus Dohle, Fernando Carro
Since 2012
Chairman and CEO
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
From January 2006
Chief Financial Officer
Member of Bertelsmann’s Executive Board
until 2008 also Head of Bertelsmann Music Group
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
2000
Chief Financial Officer
RTL Group, Luxembourg
1996
Clearstream International
after 1998:
Member of the Board of Directors,
1993
on as Director Controlling
Treuhandanstalt, Berlin
1991
Treuhandanstalt, Berlin
1990
Associate at the Forrester Norall & Sutton law firm (now White & Case), Brussels
1989
Directorate-General for Financial Institutions and Corporate Law
European Commission, Brussels
University of Cologne
Doctoral Studies
Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.)
RWTH Aachen / University of Cologne
Economics Department
Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA)
Ecole Européenne, Brussels
Since July 2013
Chief Executive Officer
Penguin Random House, New York/USA
2008
Member of Bertelsmann’s Executive Board
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Random House, New York/USA
2006
Member of the Executive Board
Arvato AG
2002
Chief Executive Officer
Mohn Media Group
1998
Managing Director of VVA
Bertelsmann Medien Service GmbH
1995
Vice President VVA
1994
Assistant to the Co-CEO
1994
Bertelsmann Distribution GmbH
Bertelsmann Medien Service GmbH
Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung (VVA)
Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
Since January 2015
Chief Human Resources Officer
Member of Bertelsmann’s Executive Board
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
2006
Executive Vice President Human Resources
(since 2011 as a member of the GMC)
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
2005
Head of Corporate Management Development
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
2000
Head of Bertelsmann University
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
1999
Head of the Media Economics department, Managing Director of the Media Academy Cologne
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh / Germany
1998
Consultant in the Media department, Head of the Summer Academy on Business Journalism
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh / Germany
Since April 2016
Chief Financial Officer
Member of Bertelsmann’s Executive Board
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
2009
Chief Financial Officer
Symrise AG, Holzminden
2002
Chief Financial Officer
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena
2001
Director Mergers & Acquisitions
Carl Zeiss Gruppe, Oberkochen
1998
Audit Manager
Arthur Andersen, Stuttgart
Since 2012
Member of Bertelsmann’s Executive Board
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh/Germany
Since 2012
Co-Chief Executive Officer
(until April 19, 2017)
RTL Group, Cologne/Germany
2005
CEO
RTL Television and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
2005
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO
RTL Television
1999
CEO
Vox
1997
Chief Financial Officer and Program Director
Vox
1995
Chief Financial Officer
Vox
1993
Head of Corporate Planning and Controlling
RTL Plus
1991
Executive Assistant for Sales Controlling and Strategic Planning
RTL Plus
1988
Young Business Managers Program
Bertelsmann AG
Business Administration