Organisational Chart
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Executive Management
Dr. Markus Schäfer
President and CEO
Lydia Mueller
Assistant to the President and CEO
Alexandra Sandvoß
Desk Officer / Executive Management
Karoline Meichsner-Sertl
Executive Vice President
Hanna Brouwer
Assistant to the Executive Vice President
Dr. Ulrike Esmann
Assistant to the Executive Vice President
Claudia Krappen
Senior Director Group Finance
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
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
Sebastian Krekeler
Deputy
Project Management
Yuliya Fischer
Director Drama
Susanne Frank
Director Drama
Michelle Kalt
Manager 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
Maria Huber
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
Unscripted
Ralf Rueckauer
Vice President Unscripted
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
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
IT
Hendrik Busse
Manager IT
Carsten Petry
IT Administrator
Finance
Markus Kroth
Vice President Finance and Authorized Signatory
Henning Ruppert
Director Controlling / Deputy
Olga Menzel
Assistant
Controlling
Henning Ruppert
Director Controlling / Deputy
Andreas Breidert
Controller / Deputy
Executive
Saskia Eckert
Executive Finance
Natalie Greb
Executive Finance
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
Content Operations and Localization
Sebastian Hehlemann
Vice President Content Operations and Localization
Uta Jankowiak
Deputy
Team Localization
Uta Jankowiak
Head of Localization and Content Operations ZDF
Sabine Elsholz-Schmidt
Coordinator Localization
Andreas Saeger
Coordinator Localization
Claudia Scheer
Coordinator Localization
Dorothee Scholz
Coordinator Localization
Florian Schwarz
Coordinator Localization
Team Content Operations ZDF
Uta Jankowiak
Head of Localization and Content Operations ZDF
Edda Boch
Manager Content Operations ZDF
Ursula Hachenberger
Coordinator Content Operations ZDF
Maik Mernitz
Coordinator Content Operations ZDF
Team Content Operations
Kerstin Rupprecht
Senior Manager Content Operations
Elke Dobrowolski
Coordinator Content Operations
Nicole Fahrnbach
Coordinator Content Operations
Jay Günther
Coordinator Content Operations
Timo Kissel
Coordinator Content Operations
Annabell Manz
Coordinator Content Operations
Jacqueline Menich
Coordinator Content Operations
Vincent Zimmer
Coordinator Content Operations
Team Content Operations VoD
Michael Dell
Manager Content Operations VoD
Alexander Bauer
Coordinator Content Operations VoD
Tom Kroener
Coordinator Content Operations VoD
Daniel Mertes
Coordinator Content Operations VoD
Team Metadata
Julian Gund
Manager Metadata
Magdalena Löchner
Senior Coordinator Metadata
Verónica Cortés Galván
Assistant Metadata
Denitsa Perlwitz
Assistant Metadata
Verena Schlosser
Senior Assistant Metadata
Silke Schnirch
Senior Assistant Metadata
Nina Schweiger
Senior Assistant Metadata
Andreas Werner
Senior Assistant Metadata
Team Service
Elke Schmitt
Coordinator General Office Management
Verena Schlosser
Senior Assistant General Office Management
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
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 Officer
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
Tamara Ottum
Assistant to the Vice President Legal Affairs
Melanie Sendler
Senior Assistant
Portfolio Strategy and Management
Tanja Meier-Sieden
Vice President Portfolio Strategy and Management
Controller
Christine Fürst
Controller