• Dr. Bernd Metzner was born in 1970 in Ruit auf den Fildern near Stuttgart, Germany.
• He studied Business Management at the University of Siegen. After completing his PhD, he joined the Flick Gocke Schaumburg law firm and then went on to assume various management positions in finance at the Bayer Group.
• He was responsible for coordinating the spin-off and IPO of LANXESS, Chief Financial Officer of Bayer Italy and Head of Finance at Bayer Schering Pharma. From mid-2011 to mid-2014, Dr. Bernd Metzner was Chief Financial Officer of the family-owned Döhler Group.
• Dr. Bernd Metzner assumed the position as Chief Financial Officer of Ströer Media SE as of June 16, 2014 and is a member of the Management Board alongside Chief Executive Officer Udo Mueller and Chief Operating Officer Christian Schmalzl.