Bertelsmann : Jens Maier and Ilka Stricker Newly Appointed to Bertelsmann Supervisory Board

Press Release | Gütersloh, 10/20/2022

Jens Maier and Ilka Stricker Newly Appointed to Bertelsmann Supervisory Board

Gütersloh, October 20, 2022 - Jens Maier, Chairman of the Group Works Council of RTL Deutschland, and Ilka Stricker, Deputy Chairwoman of the Group Works Council of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, have been newly appointed to the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA with effect from October 20, 2022. The international media, services, and education company made the announcement following an Extraordinary General Meeting. Maier and Stricker will sit on the board as employee representatives, succeeding Kai Brettmann, former Chairman of the Group Works Council of RTL Deutschland, and Christiane Sussieck, Chairwoman of the Corporate Works Council of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, who are both leaving the Bertelsmann Supervisory Board. Four employee representatives currently sit on the Supervisory Board, including Jens Maier and Ilka Stricker.

Christoph Mohn, Chairman of Bertelsmann's Supervisory Board, said: "Jens Maier and Ilka Stricker have for many years and with great dedication advocated for their colleagues on various works council committees at Bertelsmann and thus live and breathe a part of our corporate culture. I look forward to a close dialog with them in the future and am convinced that they will enrich the work of Bertelsmann's Supervisory Board with their vast experience. On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board, I would also like to thank Kai Brettmann and Christiane Sussieck for their many years of commitment to this body and their identification with the core values of our corporate culture."

Jens Maier has chaired the Group Works Council of RTL Deutschland since June 2022; he has worked for the Bertelsmann Group since February 2002.

Ilka Stricker has served as Deputy Chair of the Arvato SCS General Works Council and Deputy Chair of the Bertelsmann Group Works Council since June 2022. She has worked for the international media company Bertelsmann since September 1991.

The Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is now composed as follows:

Christoph Mohn, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Reinhard Mohn Foundation Executive Board, Managing Director Christoph Mohn Internet Holding GmbH, Speaker of the Family and Chairman of the Board, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH Steering Committee

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner J. Bauer, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, former Head of Innovation, Technology, Research and Development, Nestlé AG, Shareholder Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Dominik Asam, CFO and Member of the Executive Committee, Airbus SE

Núria Cabutí, CEO Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Chairwoman of the Bertelsmann Management Representative Committee (BMRC)

Günter Göbel, Chairman of the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Corporate Works Council

Bernd Leukert, Member of Management Board for Technology, Data and Innovation of Deutsche Bank AG

Gigi Levy-Weiss, General Partner NFX, Angel Investor

Jens Maier, Chairman of the Group Works Council, RTL Deutschland

Dr. Brigitte Mohn, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, German Stroke Foundation, Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung and Shareholder Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Liz Mohn, Shareholder Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Volkswagen AG, Chairman of the Executive Board and CFO, Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Henrik Poulsen, Former Chief Executive Officer, Ørsted

Ilka Stricker, Deputy Chairwoman of the Corporate Works Council, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

Bodo Uebber, Former Member of the Executive Board Daimler AG and Shareholder Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

About Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is a media, services, and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 145,000 employees and generated revenues of €18.7 billion in the 2021 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.

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