Puškarić appointed CEO of RTL Croatia
April 15, 2019
RTL Group has announced the appointment of Marc Puškarić as the new CEO of RTL Croatia, effective July 1st.
Puškarić, currently Managing Director of Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and the Bertelsmann Corporate Center in Brazil, will succeed Henning Tewes, who will join Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland as COO Programme Affairs & Multichannel.
In his new role, Puškarić will report to Andreas Fischer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RTL Croatia and Senior Vice President (SVP) Global Operations Management Broadcast and Content of RTL Group. Puškarić will also become a member of RTL Group’s Operations Management Committee (OMC).
Fischer says: “Marc Puškarić combines broad international experience with cultural affinity to Croatia. I am delighted that we have found such a dynamic executive from within the Bertelsmann Group to lead RTL Croatia. Together with the strong management team of RTL Croatia, he will continue the success of the company. I warmly welcome Marc to his new role and wish him all the best – and I am very much looking forward to working with him on further strengthening the market position of RTL Croatia. I would like to express deep gratitude to Henning Tewes, who has successfully led RTL Croatia for the past five years. Henning made RTL Croatia sustainably profitable, expanded the family of channels and significantly boosted creativity across all business activities. Under his leadership, RTL Croatia has shaped the digital market in Croatia and with the launch of RTL Play, he has positioned RTL Croatia as a first mover in video on demand.”
RTL Croatia was founded in 2004 and this week celebrates its 15th anniversary in Zagreb.