Curriculum Vitae Lothar Lanz




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Curriculum Vitae
Lothar Lanz

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Lothar Lanz
Lothar Lanz

Lothar Lanz, born 1948, studied Business Administration in Stuttgart and Berlin between 1969 and 1974 and completed his course with a Master of Commerce.

Initially he worked in Berlin as assistant auditor at a firm of certified public accountants and tax consultants and in 1977 he made the move to Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank AG, Munich, where he managed a succession of the bank's branches between 1983 and 1990. In 1991, he was elected a Member of the Executive Board at HSB HYPO Service-Bank AG, Munich. In 1996, he was appointed Member of the Executive Board at the trustee savings bank Nassauische Sparkasse in Wiesbaden. In the same year, he moved to ProSieben Media AG (later ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) as Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer, where he left 2008.

Lothar Lanz has been member of the Executive Board at Axel Springer AG since May 2009.

Current mandates:

  • Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, Switzerland (Board of Directors)
  • esmt European School of Management and Technology GmbH (Supervisory Board)
  • Axel Springer International Finance B.V., Netherlands (Supervisory Board)
  • Independent News & Media PLC, Ireland (Board of Directors)

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