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News | Arvato Group | Gütersloh, 07/10/2015

Arvato’s Top Managers

Arvato CFO Rolf Hellermann constitutes the executive management of Arvato alongside Arvato CEO Fernando Carro. Andreas Krohn, Frank Schirrmeister and Michael Weinreich head the Arvato solution groups Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Financial Solutions (FS) – and are to be appointed to Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee (GMC). Ulrich Cordes, CFO of Arvato until now, will head the Digital Marketing, Print Solutions, IT Solutions und Replication solution groups from now on. Until the end of August, he is also in charge of central functions at Arvato. Learn more about Arvato’s senior managers in the following short portraits (from left to right on the picture).

Rolf Hellermann (38) has served as Head of Bertelsmann’s Corporate Controlling and Strategy department since 2012. In this role, he is a permanent guest on Bertelsmann’s Executive Board and Group Management Committee and on the Boards of RTL Group and Penguin Random House. Since last year, his area of responsibility has also included Corporate Business Development tasks, including the implementation of strategic Group initiatives. After studying business administration in Vallendar, Los Angeles and Nancy, Hellermann completed his studies with a doctorate from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Immediately afterwards, in 2004 he joined Bertelsmann’s Corporate Controlling and Strategy department and in 2008 was appointed Vice President in charge of corporate controlling and investment controlling for Random House, Arvato and Direct Group. During his Bertelsmann career, Hellermann has also completed postings at RTL Group in Luxembourg and Gruner + Jahr in Hamburg.

Andreas Krohn (55) has been in charge of Arvato’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution group since last year and is Deputy Chairman of the international Bertelsmann Management Representative Committee. After completing a degree in business studies in London, Reutlingen and Fontainebleau, Andreas Krohn began his career as an assistant to the management of Mohn Media. He then spent two years as Deputy CEO of the Druckerei Heichlinger printing company and in successive managerial positions at Mohn Media. In 1995, Krohn moved to Arvato Services where in 1997 he took responsibility for the rapidly expanding airline business. In the years to follow, he expanded its operations with customers in the tourism industry, as well as Arvato Services’ business activities in Asia. In 2013, Krohn took responsibility for all of Arvato’s CRM business in Germany and a year later for the Arvato CRM business unit.

Frank Schirrmeister (50) has been head of the Arvato Supply Chain Management (SCM) solution group since last year. After studying electrical engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen, Frank Schirrmeister began his career as a senior consultant at the consulting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. (now Accenture). In 1994 he joined Arvato AG, where he held various senior positions in Gütersloh and Versmold. In 1999, Frank Schirrmeister was appointed Vice President with responsibility for the global operations of the customer Microsoft. In 2004, he became CEO of Arvato Distribution and last year was appointed to the Arvato Executive Board with responsibility for the SCM Solution Group.   

Michael Weinreich (49) heads the Arvato Financial Solutions solution group and is Chairman and CEO of Arvato Infoscore. After earning a degree in European business studies in Reutlingen and London, Weinreich initially worked as a consultant at the consulting firm Gruber, Titze and Partner (Gemini Consulting) in Bad Homburg. In 1994, he moved to OTTO Group (then Otto Versand) in Hamburg, where he held various management positions over the next 13 years, most recently as Managing Director Germany of the EOS Group subsidiary. In 2009 Weinreich joined Arvato Infoscore as CEO. Last October, he was appointed to the Arvato Executive Board and took over responsibility for the Financial Solutions business unit. 

Ulrich Cordes (47) was CFO of Arvato AG since 2009. After studying business administration at the University of Göttingen, Cordes earned a PhD at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer in 1995. In 1997 he joined Bertelsmann Corporate Development at the Corporate Center as a consultant. In 2000, he was appointed Senior Vice President Finance of Bertelsmann Marketing Service, and in 2002 became Head of Arvato Direct Services. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Senior Vice President Finance at Arvato Services Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where he was also a member of the management board.