Hartmut Ostrowski President's Lecture
"Creativity and Entrepreneurship- The Forces That Drive an International Media Company"
Michael Conrad, President of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, and the Art Directors Club Germany cordially invite you to attend the next President's Lecture featuring:
Hartmut Ostrowski, Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann AG
Date: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Berlin School of Creative Leadership
Address: Franklinstrasse 15, 10587 Berlin
RSVP by August 30th
To secure space at this event please send your name and email address to: rsvp@berlin-school.com
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres served following the event.
About the lecture
With more than 100,00 employees in 63 countries, Germany-based Bertelsmann AG is the world's most international media company. It runs a conglomerate of media entities, such as Europe's biggest broadcaster, the RTL group, and Random House, the world's largest publishing company.
For international media companies, managing change, complexity and cultural diversity has always been a major task - one that is further accelerated by the impact of digitalization. While digitization offers numerous new opportunities for media companies, users and societies alike, different businesses - television, books, magazines, services - warrant different approaches and strategies. In a decentralized company, a strong corporate culture and a unique corporate brand are strong tools for strengthening performance by fostering employee identification. At Bertelsmann, the combination of creative space and entrepreneurial freedom plays a major role in taking advantage of emerging opportunities.
About Hartmut Ostrowski
Hartmut Ostrowski, born in 1958, is Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann AG.
Hartmut Ostrowski began his career at Bertelsmann in 1982 as Assistant to the Board of Directors of Bertelsmann Distribution (later: Bertelsmann Services Group). He then held various executive positions at Bertelsmann, eventually becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bertelsmann Services Group in 1995. In 1996 he was appointed to the Executive Board of Bertelsmann Arvato AG, and additionally became a deputy member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG in 2001. He was named Chairman of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann Arvato AG in September 2002, becoming a full member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG at the same time. He was appointed Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann AG effective January 1, 2008.
Ostrowski holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Bielefeld, Germany. He is married and has two children.
President's Lectures are an initiative of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership and the Art Directors Club of Germany. The Berlin School is an independent institute providing advanced leadership education for creative executives in media, entertainment, advertising, journalism and marketing. The next global Executive MBA in Creative Leadership program starts March 18, 2012 in Berlin. Apply now www.berlin-school.com