As the CFO of Bavaria Film, Julia Reuter will work closely with longtime CEO Christian Franckenstein. She succeeds Iris Ostermaier, who leaves the company “at her request” of her, as reported by Bavaria Film.
Tom Buhrow, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Michael Loeb, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting of Bavaria Film GmbH, discuss the top management and strategy:
“We are delighted that Julia Reuter is coming to Bavaria Film as managing director. With Julia Reuter, we are acquiring a highly experienced media manager who is recognized throughout the industry for our company. In the coming months, we will have to move forward with modernization projects. that have been initiated and, at the same time, Group well through external challenges. Together with the two CEOs, we will also review the organizational and management structure of Bavaria Film to ensure that we are optimally positioned for the future. We want this process be completed by the end of 2023 at the latest “.
Per person: Until April 2022, Julia Reuter worked for three years at RTL Deutschland as Managing Director Strategy, Human Resources and Culture and helped shape repositioning and transformation strategically and culturally. Previously, she worked for RTL II in numerous positions for 19 years. As CFO and COO of the station, she was responsible for the areas of strategic business development, finance, control, human resources and organization, as well as IT at RTL II. After studying business administration at the Management and Business Academy in Munich, she started his career at the Escada.
Reuter says of his new executive role:
“Bavaria Film is a company with a great tradition that is facing the ongoing transformation in the media industry and the challenges associated with an open visor. It fills me with joy that Bavaria Film, together with Christian, whom I have known and respected for a for a long time, continue to be economically successful and create a modern and flexible organization.We want to be an employer for creative talent.I would like to thank the supervisory board and shareholders for their trust and look forward to getting started with the whole team of Bavaria “.
background: With an annual turnover of 305.6 million euros (financial year 2021/22), Bavaria Film is a medium-sized company employing around 1,500 permanent and freelance workers across all holding companies. The shareholders of the company are private sector subsidiaries of WDR, SWR, BR and MDR as well as the Free State of Bavaria via the LfA Förderbank Bayern.
