Organisational Chart

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Dr. Markus Schäfer

President and CEO

Lydia Mueller

Assistant

Alexandra Sandvoß

Desk Officer / Executive Management

Karoline Meichsner-Sertl

Executive Vice President

Hanna Brouwer

Assistant

Dr. Ulrike Esmann

Assistant

Claudia Krappen

Senior Director Group Finance

Andrea Zimmermann

Compliance Officer

Corporate Development

Tanja Meier-Sieden

Vice President Portfolio Strategy and Management

Marketing and Corporate Communications

Christine Denilauler

Vice President Marketing and Corporate Communications

Rabea Hans

Deputy

Project Management

Iris Gangloff

Project Manager Marketing and Corporate Communications

Rabea Hans

Project Manager Marketing and Corporate Communications

Rupert Lehmann

Project Manager Marketing and Corporate Communications

Tina Roland-Sauer

Project Manager Marketing and Corporate Communications

Executives

Gülsüm Sapuk

Marketing Assistant VoD

Harouna Sow

Marketing Assistant

Claudia Specht

Marketing Assistant

Apprentice

Luisa Fritsch

Apprentice

Drama

Robert Franke

Vice President Drama

Robert Franke's Office

Mrs. Saskia Seitz

Sebastian Krekeler

Deputy

Project Management

Sarah Eichenlaub

Director Drama

Yuliya Fischer

Director Drama

Susanne Frank

Director Drama

Michelle Kalt

Director Drama

Sebastian Krekeler

Director Drama

Mirela Nastase

Director Drama

Yi Qiao

Director Drama

Nikolaus Sivaloganathan

Director Drama

Florian Streit

Director Drama

Executives

Alexandra Becht

Executive Drama

Julia Dienerowitz

Executive Drama

Anna-Lena Funk

Executive Drama

Sandra Grueneisen-Ibarra

Executive Drama

Elisabeth Krieglsteiner

Executive Drama

Anne Ossenbuehn

Executive Drama

Safy Jana Reske

Executive Drama

Viviane Richard-Prautsch

Executive Drama

Saskia Rittner

Executive Drama

Meike Schlarb

Executive Drama

Eva Schmaeler

Executive Drama

Stefanie Stoppelbein

Executive Drama

Lea Walterscheidt

Executive Drama

Assistant

Martin Nauheimer

Assistant Drama

Andrea Schumann

Assistant Drama

Saskia Seitz

Assistant Drama

Junior

Peter Lang

Vice President Junior

Peter Lang's Office

Mrs. Jennifer Lindemaier

Arne Lohmann

Deputy

Project Management

Marei Bruckmann

Director Junior

Niko Chainopoulos

Director Junior

Robin Feuerstein

Director Junior

Oliver Grundel

Director Junior

Kerstin Jungmann

Director Licensing and Merchandising

Arne Lohmann

Vice President Junior

Jan-Frederik Maul

Director Junior

Executives

Denise Boecking

Executive Junior

Katharina Hartmann

Executive Junior

Sven Holsten

Executive Junior

Tina Krohn

Executive Junior

Elisabeth Machenheimer

Executive Junior

Sandra Truch

Executive Junior

Silke Wagner

Executive Junior

Assistant

Jennifer Lindemaier

Assistant Junior

Claudia Schirmer

Assistant Junior

Apprentice

Alina Knittel

Apprentice

Unscripted

Ralf Rueckauer

Vice President Unscripted

Ralf Rückauer's Office

Mrs. Judith Horn

Dr. Nikolas Huelbusch

Deputy

Judith Horn

Assistant Unscripted

Jasmin Pieper

Assistant Unscripted

Eva Weisson

Assistant Unscripted

Project Management

Sylvia Brucker

Director Entertainment Unscripted

Margarita Garcia

Director Unscripted

Dr. Nikolas Huelbusch

Director Unscripted

Kerstin Jaitner

Director Unscripted

Linette Zaulich

Director Unscripted

Executives

Marie Acker

Executive Unscripted

Ursula Becker

Footage Sales Entertainment

Alexandra Burchard

Executive Unscripted

Melanie Gryschka

Executive Unscripted

Simone Horn

Footage Sales Factual

Regina Karst-Bormann

Executive Unscripted

Cornelia Pepelnik

Executive Unscripted

Claudia Schenk

Footage Sales Entertainment

Tatjana Schernikau

Executive Unscripted

Johanna Steffenhagen

Executive Unscripted

Margit Vesztergovszki

Executive Unscripted

Apprentice

Nikolai Pick

Apprentice

Finance Strategy

Markus Kroth

Vice President Finance and Authorized Signatory

Markus Kroth's Office

Mrs. Olga Menzel

Henning Ruppert

Director Controlling / Deputy

Olga Menzel

Assistant

Accountancy

Rita Zimmermann

Director Accountancy

Annette Bäthe

Chief Accountant / Deputy

Accountants

Annette Bäthe

Chief Accountant / Deputy

Majda Maarouf

Chief Accountant

Julia Sarpong

Chief Accountant

Sandra Scholz

Chief Accountant

Executives

Katrin Fohrer

Accountant

Kerstin Hoster

Accountant

Andrea Huber

Accountant

Tanja Simon

Accountant

Petra Wedel

Accountant

Controlling

Henning Ruppert

Director Controlling / Deputy

Andreas Breidert

Controller / Deputy

Christine Fürst

Senior Councel Controlling

Executive

Saskia Eckert

Executive Finance

Natalie Greb

Executive Finance

Human Resources

Antje Carl

Vice President Human Resources

Michiko Horn

Deputy

Consultant Human Resources

Michiko Horn

Manager Human Resources

Sonja Schrauth

Manager Human Resources

Executive

Carina Bescher

Executive

Sandra Rott

Executive

Legal Affairs

Viola Fromm

Vice President Legal Affairs

Viola Fromm's Office

Mrs. Tamara Ottum

Carla Hollender

Deputy

Lawyer

Florian Boppert

Director Legal Affairs

Carla Hollender

Director Legal Affairs

Lutz Mathy

Director Legal Affairs

Klaus Pawlitschko

Director Legal Affairs / Data Protection Coordinater

Heribert Pfenningsberg

Director Legal Affairs / Youth Protection Officer

Natalie Schwarz

Director Legal Affairs

Mara Wesp

Director Legal Affairs

Manuela Zander

Director Legal Affairs

Thomas Zeipelt

Director Legal Affairs

Executives

Silke Bierwag

Executive Legal Affairs

Natascha Huebinger

Executive Legal Affairs

Melanie Leopold

Executive Legal Affairs

Daniela Martin

Executive Legal Affairs

Kerstin Tuttas

Executive Legal Affairs

Assistant

Maria Huber

Assistant

Tamara Ottum

Assistant to the Vice President Legal Affairs

Digital Innovation

Simon Zseboek

Vice President Digital Innovation

Benita Jaitner

Digital Transformation Manager

Digital Learning

David Zoellner

Digital Learning Manager

Enterprise & Solutions Architecture

Patrik Friedl

Senior Director Enterprise Architecture

Franz Julian Rollshausen

Product Owner Rights Management and Royalties

Alexander Rossner

Product Owner Customer Relationship Management

Thomas Oellerich

Product Owner Media Supply Chain

Kai Lukas Zimmerling

Business Process Engineer

Teresa Dillmann

Apprentice Digital Media

Hendrik Busse

Manager IT

Carsten Petry

IT Administrator

Acquisitions and Coproductions ZDF

Eva Kamin

Vice President Acquisitions and Coproductions ZDF

Dr. Kristina Hollstein

Deputy

Melanie Weil-Volpe

Assistant to Vice President Acquisitions and Coproductions ZDF

Natalia Örer

Assistant Documentaries

Yvonne Gärtner

Assistant Feature Films

Acquisitions Feature Films ZDF

Margrit Staerk

Director Acquisitions and Coproductions Feature Films

Project Management

Joannis Dokos

Director Acquisitions and Coproductions Series

Jane Rusel

Manager Acquisitions 3sat

Nicola Göbel

Manager Acquisitions ARTE

Timothy Davis

Coordinator

Tina Wagner

Coordinator

Sandra Burmann

Coordinator

Andrea Kubach

Registry

Acquisitions and Coproductions Documentaries ZDF

Dr. Kristina Hollstein

Director Acquisitions and Coproductions Documentaries

Project Management

Monica Brand

Manager Acquisitions and Coproductions Digital Channels

Stefan Hahn

Manager Acquisitions New Media and 3sat and Digital Channels

Monika Ries

Manager Acquisitions ARTE and Digital Channels

Nadja Haverbeck

Coordinator

Claudia Pissot

Executive Deutsche Welle

Children and Youth

Barbara Pfenningsberg

Manager Acquisitions and Coproductions - Children Programmes

International Content Partnerships

Jeffrey Haverkamp

Director International Content Partnerships