Bernd Hirsch

Bernd Hirsch currently works at IOLTECH SA, as Chief Executive Officer from 2012, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, as Chairman-Supervisory Board, Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG, as Chairman-Supervisory Board, Bertelsmann, Inc., as Director from 2016, Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA, as Member-Supervisory Board, and Deloitte Deutschland GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, as Member-Supervisory Board.
Mr. Hirsch also formerly worked at RTL Group SA, as Non-Executive Director from 2016 to 2020, Penguin Random House Ltd., as Director from 2016 to 2020, Penguin Random House LLC, as Director, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, as Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2020, Evotec SE, as Member-Supervisory Board from 2013 to 2015, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, as Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2009, Carl Zeiss AG, as Head-Mergers & Acquisitions from 2001 to 2002, Arthur Andersen & Co. GmbH, as Audit Manager from 1998 to 2001, Symrise AG, as Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2015, Bellefontaine Investments AG, as Chief Financial Officer from 2021 to 2024, and Symrise AG, as Independent Member-Supervisory Board from 2018 to 2026.
Mr. Hirsch received his undergraduate degree from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.