Thomas Götz

In April 2015, Thomas Götz was appointed as Non-Executive Director to RTL Group’s Board of Directors for a term of office of three years, to expire at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2017 accounts. In April 2018, the Annual General Meeting renewed the appointments of Götz for a term of office of three years expiring at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2020 accounts.

Thomas Götz, born in 1971, has been General Counsel at Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA since January 2014. From 2009 to 2013, he was Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Bertelsmann. Prior to this he worked for two years as Senior Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions. Thomas Götz graduated from the University of Bayreuth with a doctorate in law in 1999. A year earlier, during his studies, he joined Bertelsmann’s Corporate Legal department as an in-house lawyer.