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Axel Springer Verlag: Reichelt supporter Caspar leaves the media group

2022-04-10T10:09:59.550Z


Bigger and more female: The Axel Springer Group is reorganizing its Executive Board. A member is sent to the USA.


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The Axel Springer skyscraper in Berlin: The media group gets a new board

Photo: Christoph Soeder / picture alliance / dpa

The magazine "Medieninsider" reported first, now it's official: The Axel Springer media group is reorganizing its board of directors.

In future there will be five members instead of four;

two women are added.

With the previous board member Stephanie Caspar, who is responsible for the Internet classifieds segment, a prominent supporter of ex-»Bild« editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt is also leaving the company.

The 48-year-old is going on July 31, the separation will take place "by mutual agreement," Springer said.

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Leaves the group: Stephanie Caspar

Photo: Annegret Hilse / SVEN SIMON / www.imago-images.de

New to the committee are manager Ulrike Handel, 50, who is responsible for the national media business with the brands »Bild« and »Welt« and Niddal Salah-Eldin, 36, for the new »Talent & Culture« area.

The media group announced this on Saturday evening in Berlin.

Handel will start operations on May 1st, Salah-Eldin on July 1st.

She is currently responsible for the in-house academy in a leading position at Springer and was previously deputy editor-in-chief of the German Press Agency (dpa) from 2019 to 2021.

»Next development phase«

In addition to the new members, the board of directors continues to consist of CEO Mathias Döpfner, 59, as well as Jan Bayer, 51, who will be appointed as deputy on July 1 and will drive US business, and Julian Deutz, 54, who will be in charge of finance and staff responsible.

The classifieds business department is to be redesigned after a possible IPO of the online job portal StepStone.

The Chairman of the Springer Supervisory Board, Ralph Büchi, said according to the announcement: "With the expansion of the Executive Board, Axel Springer can continue the successful growth course after the last acquisitions in the USA." Springer boss Döpfner added: "I look forward to the next development phase of the company company with an enlarged and rejuvenated Management Board.«

Jan Bayer will be based in the USA for at least a year starting this summer.

To date, he has been responsible for all media brands, both nationally and internationally.

Recently it became known that after the purchase of US media brands, including the important »Politico« brand, Springer will focus on the USA with a restructuring of the board.

Springer called the deal in October 2021 the largest company takeover in the company's history.

Top priority for »People« topics

There are also other shifts in content.

Parts of the newly created "Talent & Culture" board department, for which Salah-Eldin will be responsible in future, have so far been Deutz's area of ​​responsibility.

According to Springer, the new design should focus more on these topics than before.

The different cultural challenges in the various areas of the company and all other “people” issues are given the highest priority.

As a board member, Salah-Eldin will continue to be responsible as Managing Director and Chair of the Managing Board of the »FreeTech – Axel Springer Academy of Journalism and Technology«.

The 36-year-old had already worked for Springer before becoming Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of Innovation and Product at dpa.

Between 2014 and 2019, she headed the social media and digital innovation department at the media brand »Welt«.

Manager Ulrike Handel also worked for Springer for several years.

Between 2000 and 2011 she held various management positions, including being a member of the publishing management of the »Welt« group.

This was followed by positions at marketing companies.

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Source: spiegel

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