Karl Hans Arnold

dr Karl Hans Arnold, born in 1962, studied economics and business administration at the Universities of Nuremberg, Cologne and Munich and received his doctorate (Dr. phil. at the Ruhr University Bochum. As a media manager, he began his career in 1993 at Gruner + Jahr International in Paris as publishing director. In 1999 he became managing director and editor of the magazine National Geographic France. From 2002 to mid-2011 he was managing partner of the Rheinisch-Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft/Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, and from July 2011 to March 2018 he was CEO of the company. He was also editor of the daily newspaper Rheinische Post from December 2015 to April 2019.