Bauer Media Group appoints Veit Dengler to the Group Management Board
Ex-NZZ CEO Veit Dengler will start at Bauer Media as a new member of the Group Executive Board on April 1, 2018. He will be responsible for the media group's activities in the UK, USA, Australia and other countries. In addition, he will drive the development of new business areas.
In his international career, Dengler has held various top positions, including at McKinsey and Dell. Most recently, as CEO, he gave the NZZ media group a new entrepreneurial direction.
With the appointment of Dengler, publisher Yvonne Bauer is continuing her restructuring of the Group's top management, which began back in September 2017, and is thus taking particular account of the global orientation of the media company. Bauer Media Group has significantly expanded its international activities under Yvonne Bauer and now generates two-thirds of its revenues abroad. "The dynamism with which he has implemented projects at his previous stations is a real asset for our company, particularly with regard to the development of new business fields," Bauer said in a statement about the new addition.
In addition to Yvonne Bauer, the Group Executive Board has included Jörg Hausendorf since 2013, Witold Wozniak since 2015, Harald Jessen since 2017, and now Veit Dengler as of April 2018.
The Bauer Media Group owns over 600 magazines, more than 400 digital products and over 100 radio and TV stations worldwide. In addition, the company's portfolio includes print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services. It employs around 11,500 people in 20 countries. (pd/hae)
