Tina Rodriguez takes over as Chief Consumer Officer at Zattoo
The TV streaming provider Zattoo has a new executive: Tina Rodriguez will take on the role of Chief Consumer Officer in January 2026 and assume strategic and operational leadership of the direct-to-consumer business. She succeeds Constanze Gilles, who is leaving the company at the end of 2025 at her own request.
The Swiss TV streaming provider Zattoo is getting a new head of consumer business. Tina Rodriguez will take over the strategic and operational management of the direct-to-consumer business as Chief Consumer Officer from January 2026. Rodriguez will also be responsible for Corporate Communications. In her new role, she will be part of Zattoo's management team and report directly to CEO Roger Elsener.
Experienced manager from the entertainment industry
Rodriguez has extensive experience in the entertainment and telecommunications industry. She joins from Liberty Global, where she was most recently Vice President Customer Experience. Her most important professional positions include Vice President Entertainment and Senior Director Customer Engagement at Sunrise and UPC Switzerland, Director Entertainment Services at Liberty Global and Director Entertainment Products at Unity Media in Germany. The business economist will use her expertise together with the consumer team to further drive the positive growth of the consumer business. In particular, she will work closely with the Product & Technology, Content and Ads divisions.
"Zattoo has always set standards in digital entertainment and is actively shaping the future of television. Further strengthening the brand and achieving sustainable growth are exciting challenges. I am particularly motivated by innovative product development and the consistent focus on user needs. I am very much looking forward to putting my know-how and practical experience to good use together with the great Zattoo team," says Rodriguez.
Constanze Gilles leaves Zattoo
Constanze Gilles has decided to leave Zattoo on December 31, 2025 to pursue new professional challenges. She has been responsible for the consumer business since June 2022 and additionally for Corporate Communications since mid-2025. She successfully launched new product innovations and sustainably strengthened the growth of Zattoo's customer business.
"After enriching years at Zattoo, I look back with pride on what we have achieved together: with new products, campaigns and strong partnerships and continuous optimizations for more efficiency, we have driven the growth of the consumer business. Many thanks to the entire team for their commitment and great team spirit and to the management for their trust and freedom. I am now looking forward to new challenges - and wish Zattoo continued success, courage and enthusiasm," explained Gilles.
Roger Elsener, CEO of Zattoo, regrets the departure: "The consumer business is one of the central strategic pillars of Zattoo. I am delighted to welcome Tina Rodriguez, an extremely experienced manager, to the Zattoo team, who will drive the consumer business forward strategically and operationally and lead it to further growth. At the same time, I very much regret the departure of Constanze Gilles. We greatly appreciated Constanze as a competent manager, a reliable partner in many strategic matters and as a colleague who helped shape Zattoo with a clear vision, a great deal of energy and optimism. I would like to thank her from the bottom of my heart for her outstanding work and strong commitment and wish her all the best and every success in her future personal and professional endeavors."
Manuel Egli, Director Direct-to-Consumer Switzerland, will report to Tina Rodriguez in future. Zattoo is one of the leading TV streaming providers in Europe with several million users per month. Founded in 2005, the company employs over 250 people and is headquartered in Zurich with an additional location in Berlin.
