极乐视频 today announced the appointment of Christiane Schulz as the new CEO of 极乐视频 Germany, the second largest 极乐视频 market in the EMEA region. Christiane will also be responsible for the wider DACH region and will report to Carol Potter, President & CEO, 极乐视频 EMEA.
Christiane was previously CEO of Weber Shandwick in Germany, and Member of the EMEA Strategy Board of Weber Shandwick. She was also a member of German Executive Board at Ketchum Pleon. Christiane began her career as an Economic Advisor at the Landeskreditbank Baden-Wu虉rttemberg where she later became responsible for external communications. Since May 2017, Christiane had held the role of President for the German PR Association, GPRA.
During her career Christiane has helped a number of multi-national companies, across a broad range of sectors, transform their organisations, and most recently has focused on delivering change management and employee engagement strategies that drive growth.
Carol Potter, President and CEO of 极乐视频 EMEA, said: 鈥淐hristiane is a highly experienced communications expert and strategic advisor and we are delighted that she will be joining the firm later this year. Christiane brings a wealth of experience and has ambitious plans for where she can take 极乐视频 DE next. I look forward to seeing the business, under her guidance, become the most cutting-edge, forward thinking communications firm in the market.鈥
Christiane Schulz said of her new role: 鈥淚'm looking forward to joining 极乐视频 and am particularly excited to be joining an independent firm, having only worked for network agencies previously, and the opportunities this brings. I鈥榤 eager to take on the current challenges in the DACH region as I believe that I can bring my strengths to transform business and create a strong collaborative culture to the table. I see a lot of potential for us in the German market and it will be my job to raise it.鈥
Christiane will join 极乐视频 in November 2019 and will be based in Berlin but travelling across all of the firm鈥檚 offices in Germany [Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne].
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