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RTL Group appoints Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schaferkordt as new CEOs - Gerhard Zeiler to leave RTL Group

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07 februari 2012

Gerhard Zeiler, Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group,

leaves the company on his own request with effect from the Annual General Meeting on
18 April 2012, to take on a new challenge. Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt
will succeed him as co-CEOs.
Guillaume de Posch, currently Chief Operating Officer of RTL Group, will take over
responsibility for the Group’s broadcasting operations outside Germany, and the
company’s production business.
Anke Schäferkordt will continue to manage the German TV business in addition to her
role as CEO of RTL Group.
Elmar Heggen – RTL Group CFO and Head of the Corporate Centre in Luxembourg –
Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt are expected to join the RTL Group Board
of Directors as Executive Directors.
Andreas Rudas – Executive Vice President Regional Operations & Business Development
CEE and Asia – will sit on the RTL Group Executive Committee alongside de Posch,
Schäferkordt and Heggen.
Siegfried Luther, Chairman of the RTL Group Board of Directors, says: “On behalf of all
shareholders and the entire RTL Group Board, I thank Gerhard Zeiler for his outstanding
achievements in his 13 years at RTL and nearly nine years as CEO of RTL Group. Under
his excellent management, RTL Group has become the undisputed number one free-to-air
TV company in Europe, and a globally renowned brand for popular, high-quality television.
Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt, two exceedingly experienced, internationally
recognised managers, will take over the management of RTL Group. I am delighted that
the two have agreed to take on this task together with the Group’s CFO, Elmar Heggen.”
Speaking for RTL Group’s majority shareholder, Thomas Rabe, CEO of Bertelsmann AG,
says: “I regret Gerhard’s decision to leave the company, but would like to personally
congratulate him on the impressive success story of the past decade. Under his
leadership, the Group’s revenues, EBITA and return on sales showed an exemplary
development, and the company is strategically and powerfully positioned for continued
growth. Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt as CEOs, and CFO Elmar Heggen
will jointly succeed Gerhard Zeiler. The expertise of these first-class managers will provide
valuable impetus for the company’s further development as it continues to increase its
value long-term.”
 
Gerhard Zeiler, CEO of RTL Group, says: “I’m deeply grateful for my wonderful years at
RTL Group, with a great team of passionate managers and an ever-supportive Board of
Directors and shareholders. The decision to leave was not an easy one, but on the other
hand I look forward to a new, international task. I wish RTL Group a successful next step
in its unbelievable development.”
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 entertainment network.
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. 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 twoyear
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.
Guillaume de Posch, born 1958 in Belgium, is one of Europe’s most experienced TV
executives. After first jobs at the international energy and services company Tractebel
(1985-1990) and the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company (1990-
1993), he started his career in the media industry at the Luxembourg-based Compagnie
Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), which ultimately became RTL Group in the year
2000. At CLT, Guillaume de Posch started as assistant to the Managing Director (1993-
1994) and then became Head of CLT’s TV operations in French-speaking countries (1995-
1997). From 1997 to 2003, he was Deputy General Manager and Programming Director of
the French pay-TV company TPS, before he joined the Munich-based, publicly listed
ProSiebenSat1 Media AG in August 2003, first as Chief Operating Officer and then as
Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO (2004-2008). From 2009 to 2011, Guillaume
de Posch advised several European and US broadcasters.
In December 2011, Guillaume de Posch was appointed Chief Operating Officer of
RTL Group with effect from 1 January 2012. In this capacity, he is in charge of the
Corporate Strategy and Business Development team at RTL Group’s headquarters and
oversees the company’s broadcasting operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and radio
operations in France. Guillaume de Posch is also a member of the RTL Group Executive
Committee.
 
Anke Schäferkordt, born in 1962, has been CEO of RTL Television since September
2005. In November 2007, the German RTL family of channels adopted the brand
name Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. In her capacity as CEO of RTL Television,
Anke Schäferkordt is also CEO of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland.
After studying business administration Anke Schäferkordt began her career at
Bertelsmann AG in 1988. In 1991 she went to Cologne to become an executive assistant
for sales controlling and strategic planning at RTL plus (today RTL Television). The
following year, she took over the Controlling Department. From 1993 to 1995 Anke
Schäferkordt was a Director in charge of the Corporate Planning and Controlling Division
at RTL Television. In 1995 she moved to the TV broadcaster Vox where she was CFO and
in 1997 she was also named Programme Director. From 1999 to 2005 Anke Schäferkordt
was the CEO of Vox. In February 2005 she was appointed Chief Operating Officer and
Deputy CEO of RTL Television. In this capacity she was responsible for Finance,
Technical Services, Information and Media Policy as well as the General Secretariat, the
advertising sales unit IP Deutschland, the Vox channel and RTL Group’s holdings in the
German channels N-TV and Super RTL.
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, and since 1 October 2006 he has been CFO and Head of the Corporate Centre of
RTL Group. In this capacity, he controls Finance and Legal. He also oversees the
operations in Luxembourg, Spain and UFA Sports.
Andreas Rudas, born in 1953, worked with the Austrian public broadcaster ORF from
1986 to 1997, being its Secretary-General from 1994 to 1997. In this role he was
responsible for business planning, media politics, marketing and satellite broadcasting.
Starting in 2000, he held various positions at Magna International Europe, being Member
of the Management Board from 2001 to 2005. Starting December 2005, Andreas Rudas
was Executive Director of WAZ Ost Holding (subsidiary of WAZ Media Group), responsible
for Austria, South Eastern Europe and Vietnam.
Andreas Rudas was appointed member of the RTL Group Executive Committee with effect
from 1 January 2009. In this capacity, he oversees the operations in Croatia, Hungary,
Russia, Germany (radio) and explores business opportunities in Central and Eastern
Europe, and in Asia


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