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Donata Hopfen will take over the DFL management on January 1, 2022
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A woman at the top of the German Football League (DFL): Donata Hopfen will take over the chairmanship of the DFL management team and the position of spokeswoman for the DFL executive committee from January 1, 2022.
The DFL announced on Saturday.
The 45-year-old succeeds Christian Seifert.
Your contract will initially run until December 31, 2024.
Hopfen is currently managing director and partner at BCG Digital Ventures, a company in the Boston Consulting Group.
The DFL Supervisory Board agreed with Seifert to prematurely terminate the managing director's contract, which ran until June 30, 2022, at the end of the year.
Seifert will initially be available to the new management in an advisory capacity if necessary.
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