Management

Career Milestones
 

Since 2012

Chairman and CEO, 
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh, Germany
 

From January 2006

Chief Financial Officer
Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh, until 2008 also Head of Bertelsmann Music Group
 

2000

Chief Financial Officer 
RTL Group, Luxembourg
 

1996

Clearstream International
after 1998: Member of the Board of Directors, 
Chief Financial Officer
 

1993

Head of Acquisitions
Beteiligungsgesellschaft Neue Länder, Berlin
 

1993

on as Director Controlling
Treuhandanstalt, Berlin
 

1991

Treuhandanstalt, Berlin
 

1990

Associate at the Forrester Norall & Sutton law firm (now White & Case), Brussels
 

1989

Directorate-General for Financial Institutions and Corporate Law 
European Commission, Brussels

Education
 

University of Cologne 
Doctoral Studies 
Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.)
 

RWTH Aachen / University of Cologne
Economics Department 
Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA)
 

Ecole Européenne, Brussels

Career Milestones
 

since April 2016
Chief Financial Officer
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh
 

2009

Chief Financial Officer
Symrise AG, Holzminden
 

2002

Chief Financial Officer
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena
 

2001

Director Mergers & Acquisitions
Carl Zeiss Gruppe, Oberkochen
 

1998

Audit Manager
Arthur Andersen, Stuttgart

Education
 

University of Würzburg
Degree in Business Administration
Diplomkaufmann

Career Milestones
 

Since January 2015

Chief Human Resources Officer
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
 

2006

Executive Vice President Human Resources 
(since 2011 as a member of the GMC)
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
 

2005

Head of Corporate Management Development
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
 

2000

Head of Bertelsmann University
Bertelsmann, Gütersloh / Germany
 

1999

Head of the Media Economics department, Managing Director of the Media Academy Cologne
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh / Germany
 

1998

Consultant in the Media department, Head of the Summer Academy on Business Journalism
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh / Germany

Studies
 

Studies in Communication and Economics, Universities of Muenster, Munich and Stanford,
MA and PHD

Thomas Mackenbrock was appointed CEO of Arvato CRM Solutions in September 2018. Prior to that, he worked for Bertelsmann and Arvato in several departments, roles and countries. In 2006, he began his Bertelsmann career in Corporate Development at the headquarter in Gütersloh. In 2008, he took over responsibility for the Business Development department. Starting in 2012, he built up Bertelsmann Brazil Investments (BBI) and the Bertelsmann Corporate Center in São Paulo as Managing Director, followed by the role as Executive Vice President Global Business Strategy for Brazil and China at the BMG. Most recently, he served as Chief Strategy Officer of Arvato

Before he joined Bertelsmann, Mackenbrock worked from 2000 to 2006 for McKinsey & Company in the fields high-tech, telecommunications and media.

Mackenbrock studied business and economics in Ingolstadt, Chicago and Leipzig and obtained his doctorate at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He is married and has two children.

Rolf Hellermann 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. In July 2015 he became CFO of Arvato.

Career Milestones

Since Nov. 2016

Arvato Services - Italy
Chief Executive Officer  

From October 2015

Remazel Engineering - Italy 

Senior Director and Financial advisor

From Sept. 2014 to Sept 2015

Bavaria Industries AG – Printing Business - Italy

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the Board of Directors,  

2011 - 2014

Bertelsmann Printing Business - Italy

Country Manager Italy and Chief Financial Officer
Head of procurement for the Spanish printing business
Member of the Board of Directors,  

1996 - 2011

Bertelsmann Printing Business - Italy

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the Board of Directors,  

1988 - 1996

ABB Group – Italy

Head of country controlling

Education

University of Bergamo - Italy 
Master degree in Adm.&Finance; Doctor of Economics

High School Diploma in maths and scientific matters – Bergamo, Italy

Undergraduate high school – Tehran, Iran

"At Arvato, entrepreneurial freedom and great teamwork form the ideal basis for mastering the diverse tasks and challenges we and our customers face every day."

Frank Schirrmeister has been a member of the Arvato Executive Board since August 2014 and is head of the Arvato SCM solution group. He was born on April 29, 1965, in Herne, Germany.

After studying electrical engineering at the Rhineland-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen, he began his career as a senior adviser at the Arthur Andersen & Co. consultancy firm (now Accenture).

In 1994 Schirrmeister moved to Arvato, where he held management positions in Gütersloh and Versmold. In 1999 he was appointed vice president with responsibility for the global business operations of the Arvato client Microsoft. He has served as CEO of Arvato distribution GmbH since 2004.

Schirrmeister lives in Bielefeld with his wife and two children.

Frank Kebsch, CEO Arvato Financial Solutions has been working at different subsidiaries of Arvato Financial Solutions since 2000. He was born on September 15, 1965 in Dortmund.

He studied Economy at the Ruhr University in Bochum and started his career as a Key Account Manager at the Westfalenbank AG in Bochum. In 2000 he moved to the BFS finance GmbH, an Arvato Financial Solutions company, where he held successive management positions for the next years. From 2000 to 2001 he was Head of Credit Department at the BFS finance GmbH. Until 2005 he was the responsible Managing Director at the BFS risk management GmbH and the BFS risk & collection GmbH. In 2005 he was nominated to be the Managing Director and Head of Collection for the total group. Between February 2014 and Mai 2016 he has been the responsible CEO for the Region Central Europe at Arvato Financial Solutions. Kebsch has been CEO of Arvato Financial Solutions since June 2016.

As CEO of Arvato Systems Matthias Moeller is responsible for Arvato’s Solution Group IT.

After studying computer science and business administration, he joined Bertelsmann Arvato in 1995 where he has held various roles.

He has been a part of the senior management team for IT Services since 2003. In 2012 Matthias Moeller was appointed Managing Director of Arvato Systems perdata GmbH with responsibility for IT Solutions and Services in the Utilities market unit. 

On 1st April 2016, he additionally took on the role of CEO of the Arvato Systems Group.