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Rolf Hellermann

Chief Financial Officer and member of the Bertelsmann Management SE Executive Board

Rolf Hellermann, born in 1976, studied business administration in Vallendar, Los Angeles, and Nancy, and received his doctorate from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar. He started working at the Bertelsmann Corporate Centre directly afterwards, in 2004.

In 2012, Rolf Hellermann became head of Bertelsmann’s Corporate Controlling and Strategy department.

From 2015 until 2018 he was CFO of Arvato, the services division of Bertelsmann. He served as CEO of Arvato Financial Solutions from November 2018 until December 2020 and has been a member of Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee since January 2019.

He also heads the Bertelsmann Tech and Data Advisory Board, which advises the Executive Board on technology issues and advances Bertelsmann’s evolution into a leading global media, services, and education company in tech.

Rolf Hellermann was appointed CFO and member of the Executive Board at Bertelsmann Management SE on 1 January 2021.

He previously served as a non-executive member of RTL Group's Board of Directors from August 2015 to December 2018.

Nationality: German
First appointed: 1 January 2021
Re-elected: 24 April 2024
Committee membership: Audit

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