RTL Group SA's Chief Executive Officer, Gerhard Zeiler, 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 Schaferkordt 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 Schaferkordt 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 Schaferkordt 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, Schaferkordt and Heggen.