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| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
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Gerhard Zeiler
Chief Executive Officer Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board |
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Gerhard Zeiler, born in 1955 in Vienna (Austria), joined RTL Group in November 1998 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RTL Television in Cologne. In this capacity, Zeiler was responsible for the German RTL family of channels (RTL Television, Vox, RTL II, Super RTL, N-TV). In March 2003 Gerhard Zeiler was additionally appointed CEO of RTL Group. He handed over the management of RTL Television to Anke Schäferkordt in September 2005 to fully concentrate on RTL Group’s international channel architecture. In his function as CEO of RTL Group, Gerhard Zeiler is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Groupe M6 in France and RTL Television in Germany, Chairman of the RTL Nederland Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Board of M-RTL in Hungary. He has been a member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board since October 2005.
Gerhard Zeiler began his career as a freelance journalist and then became press spokesman for the Austrian Minister for Education and the Arts, Dr Fred Sinowatz, whom he eventually followed to the Federal Chancellor Office in 1983. Later he continued working in the same capacity for Federal Chancellor Dr Franz Vranitzky. In 1986 he became Secretary-General of the Austrian public broadcaster ORF in Vienna. After a two-year period as CEO of Tele 5 and a further two-year period as CEO of RTL II, he was elected Chief Executive Officer of ORF in 1994 and stayed in this position until November 1998. |
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Elmar Heggen
Chief Financial Officer and Head of the Corporate Centre |
Elmar Heggen, born in 1968, holds a diploma in Business Administration from the European Business School and graduated as Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance. In 1992, he started his career at the Felix Schoeller Group, becoming Vice President & General Manager of Felix Schoeller Digital Imaging in the UK in 1999. Elmar Heggen first joined the RTL Group Corporate Centre in 2000 as Vice President Merger & Acquisitions. In January 2003, he was promoted to Senior Vice President Controlling & Investments. From July 2003 until December 2005 he was Executive Vice President Strategy & Controlling. Since January 2006, Elmar Heggen has served on the RTL Group Executive Management team, where he is responsible for business development in the emerging markets of Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the radio business, and the Belgian market. Since 1 October 2006 Elmar Heggen is CFO and Head of the Corporate Centre of RTL Group.
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| BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
Siegfried Luther
Chairman of the Board of RTL Group |
Martin Taylor*
Vice Chairman of the Board of RTL Group Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of RTL Group Chairman of Syngenta |
Günther Grüger
Executive Vice President Corporate Controlling and Strategy, Bertelsmann AG |
Hartmut Ostrowski
Chairman of the Executive Board Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann AG |
Thomas Rabe
Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board Chief Financial Officer Head of the Corporate Centre, Bertelsmann AG |
Onno Ruding*
Chairman of the Audit Committee of RTL Group Chairman of the Board of Centre for European Policy Studies Retired Vice Chairman and Director of Citibank |
Jacques Santer*
Chairman of the Board of CLT-UFA Former Prime Minister of the Luxembourg Government Former President of the European Commission |
Gerhard Zeiler
Chief Executive Officer Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board |
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| AUDIT COMMITTEE |
Onno Ruding
Chairman of the Audit Committee of RTL Group Retired Vice Chairman and Director of Citibank Chairman of the Board of Centre for European Policy Studies |
Siegfried Luther
Chairman of the Board of RTL Group |
Thomas Rabe
Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board Chief Financial Officer Head of the Corporate Centre, Bertelsmann AG |
Martin Taylor
Vice Chairman of the Board of RTL Group Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of RTL Group Chairman of Syngenta |
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| NOMINATION AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE |
Martin Taylor
Vice Chairman of the Board of RTL Group Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of RTL Group Chairman of Syngenta |
Siegfried Luther
Chairman of the Board of RTL Group |
Hartmut Ostrowski
Chairman of the Executive Board Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann AG |
Thomas Rabe
Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board Chief Financial Officer Head of the Corporate Centre, Bertelsmann AG |
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| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE |
Gerhard Zeiler
Chief Executive Officer Member of the Bertelsmann AG Executive Board |
Alain Berwick
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Radio and Télé Letzebuerg |
Tony Cohen
Chief Executive Officer, FremantleMedia |
Claire Davenport
Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy/Business Synergies |
Vincent de Dorlodot
General Counsel |
Philippe Delusinne
Chief Executive Officer, TVi S.A. |
Axel Duroux
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Radio (France) |
Dirk Gerkens
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Klub |
Bert Habets
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Nederland |
Elmar Heggen
Chief Financial Officer and Head of the Corporate Centre |
Oliver Herrgesell
Executive Vice President Communications and Marketing |
Christoph Mainusch
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Televizija |
Romain Mannelli
Executive Vice President Corporate HR |
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Anke Schäferkordt
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Television Chief Executive Officer, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland |
Nicolas de Tavernost
Président du Directoire, M6 |
Andreas Walker
Executive Vice President Regional Operations |
Gert Zimmer
Chief Executive Officer, RTL Radio Deutschland |
Eduardo Zulueta
Managing Director, MABUAT (Spain) |
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| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
AGM 16.04.2008
AGM 18.04.2007
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