Management and division management

Michael Loeb studied law at the Universities of Mannheim and Munich. He completed his academic career in 1991 with his first state examination and then completed his legal clerkship in Bonn. After completing his second state examination, he was hired by Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne in 1994, where he supported the legal department as a fully qualified solicitor for five years. In 1999, he moved to WDR mediagroup GmbH. There, as a member of the management team, he was responsible for programming and operational matters from 2001 to 2008. The Cologne native gained experience as a Managing Director while working part-time at WDR mediagroup licensing GmbH and the production company Colonia Media GmbH. In July 2008, he was appointed Managing Director of WDR mediagroup GmbH. Since September 2020, Michael Loeb has also been Managing Director of ARD Plus GmbH. He is also Chairman of ARD Advertising and Chairman of the Shareholders’ Meeting at Bavaria Film GmbH.

After studying business administration at the University of Passau, Frank Nielebock began his career in 1997 as a member of the management team at media company C.A.M.P. TV in Munich. In 2002, the business graduate moved to the Monaco Film Group as Managing Director, where he was responsible for finance, production and human resources. At the same time, he was authorised signatory and Director of Corporate Affairs for Odeon Film AG, its parent company. At the end of 2008, he joined WDR mediagroup GmbH in Cologne. As a member of the management board, he was responsible for finance and investments before becoming Managing Director of WDR mediagroup GmbH in March 2017.

After completing an internship at a local radio station, Tobias Lammert studied economics at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree in business administration. He then worked as a marketing manager at RTL and later as a sales manager at ARD-Werbung Sales & Services (now ARD Media GmbH). From 2008 to 2015, he worked for the marketing company ARD & ZDF Fernsehwerbung. There, he was responsible for all operational tasks within the sales organisation as Sales Director. After a brief stint in the management of a sound design agency, he became Head of Marketing and Sales and authorised signatory at WDR mediagroup GmbH in 2015. In addition, Lammert has been Managing Director of ARD Media GmbH in Frankfurt since 2024.