Executive Vice President (EVP) & General Manager - Warner Bros. Discovery Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA)
As EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros. Discovery, Hannes Heyelmann heads the German, Swiss and Austrian markets and is therefore responsible for all of Warner Bros. Discovery's business areas in the GSA region. His responsibilities include pay and FTA channels, local cinema and TV productions, marketing and monetization of US content across all business areas, including cinema, TV licensing, consumer products, games and home entertainment, as well as shared responsibility for streaming services.
Most recently, Heyelmann, a native of Hamburg, worked as EVP Programming, EMEA, at WarnerMedia, where he was responsible for content, windowing and acquisition strategies for HBO Max and the company's entertainment channels. He was also responsible for Creative Services, Research and Insights and Channel Marketing. Heyelmann also headed local cinema production in the GSA region.
Before that, Heyelmann, who studied international business administration in Reutlingen and Boston, was SVP & Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe and International Originals Programming Strategy at Turner. His career at the company began in 2001 in Corporate Strategy in the USA and in Business Development in the UK before he was subsequently appointed Managing Director for Turner in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.