The Bertelsmann Executive Board

Bertelsmann Executive Board

From left: Immanuel Hermreck, Bernd Hirsch, Thomas Rabe, Anke Schäferkordt, Markus Dohle, Fernando Carro

Thomas Rabe

Career Milestones

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

Education

University of Cologne
Doctoral Studies
Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.)

RWTH Aachen / University of Cologne
Economics Department
Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA)

Ecole Européenne, Brussels

Fernando Carro (Member of the Executive Board until July 13, 2017)

Markus Dohle

Career Milestones

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)

Education

Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Immanuel Hermreck

Career Milestones

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

Studies

Studies in Communication and Economics, Universities of Muenster, Munich and Stanford,
MA and PHD

Bernd Hirsch

Career Milestones

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

Studies

Education: Diplomkaufmann
Degree in Business Administration
(University of Würzburg)

Anke Schäferkordt

Career Milestones

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

Education

Business Administration