Gitte Bendzulla

Gitte Bendzulla currently serves as an Advisory Board Member at BEAT81, having started in January 2025. Previously, Gitte was the COO at Deezer from April 2022 to April 2025, where responsibilities included managing a team of 140 employees and driving user-focused operations for B2C and B2B customers. As Managing Director and COO at Spark Networks from December 2018 to April 2022, Gitte oversaw daily operations and facilitated synergies post-M&A. Prior experience includes serving as Associate General Counsel at Juniper Networks, providing legal guidance on major projects, and as Chief Counsel for Business Implementation, Commercial and Procurement at APM Terminals, where legal support structures were developed during organizational transition. Gitte holds a Master of Law from Land Berlin and completed a short course at Harvard Business School in June 2023.