Orell Füssli: New Heads of Sales/Marketing
Orell Füssli Verlag has appointed new leaders in its sales and marketing departments: Gisela Klinkenberg is the new head of marketing and sales for Switzerland, and Diana Roggen has taken over as sales director for Germany and Austria.
As of the beginning of July, Gisela Klinkenberg has taken over as Head of Marketing and Sales for children's and non-fiction books in Switzerland, in addition to her role as Head of Children's Books. Klinkenberg managed Globi Verlag, which was acquired by Orell Füssli Verlag in 2007. Since 2011, she has headed the entire children's book division at Orell Füssli with the Atlantis, Barbapapa, Carigiet, Orell Füssli Children's Book and Globi Publishing programs and brands. She also has program responsibility for the latter two. Klinkenberg already holds marketing and sales management responsibility for children's books and is now taking on new responsibility for non-fiction.
Orell Füssli Publishing is realigning its marketing and sales department. Diana Roggen (pictured) will take over the newly created position of Head of Sales for Germany and Austria as of October 1, 2015. In this role, she will work closely with dtv, with whom Orell Füssli Verlag has a sales cooperation in Germany. In Diana Roggen, the publishing house is gaining a business graduate with extensive publishing experience, according to a statement. Roggen has worked in sales functions at Bastei Lübbe Verlag in Cologne, most recently as head of overall sales until 2012, where she was also responsible for sales cooperations. Roggen had subsequently set up her own business as a consultant and lecturer.
Matti Schüsseler, Managing Director of Orell Füssli Verlag: "We are delighted about the professional addition to the team in Diana Roggen, and about the internal appointment of Gisela Klinkenberg, who knows the Swiss book market inside out. Both will use their knowledge and contacts to strengthen Orell Füssli Verlag's sales throughout the German-speaking world."
