About

Creative Entrepreneur, Media Executive, and Award Winning Broadcast Journalist. Former Global VP Content and a member of the Communication & Marketing leadership team at Shell and Global Head of TV at SAP.  Senior Correspondent, Investigative Journalist, and Managing Editor in the US and Europe at ARD/ ZDF/P7Sat1 and entertainment network RTL Group.

Communications & Marketing Executive, former Executive Vice President Global Brand, Communications & Government Relations for Bayer and Shell, Chief Communications Officer of SAP and Chairman of ICC’s Commission on Digital Economy. Currently Chairman at boldT Partners and President of the European Association of Communications Directors.

Award Winning TV & Radio Presenter and Media Executive. Currently Head of Program and Prime Time Anchor at German Radio Network Charivari. TV host for Sky Sport News HD and Prime Time Presenter for several live TV programs and large scale events. Host of the popular German daily program “Die Herold Show” (“The Herold Show”).

Business development, sales and marketing executive in media, entertainment and technology. Former President at National Geographics Ventures International, President Distribution and SVP Film and Television at National Geographic and Commercial Director SNTV at IMG. Currently, board advisor to cable and satellite companies focusing on OTT.

Director of Sales Central EMEA | Qlik Data Integration (Formerly Attunity). Former sales executive at Akamai Technologies and Gartner Consulting. Lead global sales and accounting teams to success. Expert in “go to market strategies”, sales tactics, tech-innovation, and global growth planning with a focus on SaaS / PaaS and Cloud providers across Europe, Asia, and the US.

Expert in international patent prosecution procedures, patent infringement matters as well as trademark law. Lecturer on the protection of industrial property rights at RWTH Aachen University. In-depth knowledge of legal characteristics and practices, specifically in the US, China, Japan, Russia, Korea, India as well as several European countries.

A BBC-trained, skilled and proficient Multi-camera Director, Vision Mixer, Producer, Gallery/Edit Producer and Line Producer with over 25 years’ experience in television production. Major Live Broadcasts include the BBC Proms, the New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna and Co-Productions with BBC Worldwide, EBU, English National Ballet, Opus Arte, Unitel, Unitel Classica, World Orchestra for Peace and WNET.

Deputy Head of Development – Fact Ent and Events at BBC Studios. Previously Producer and Development Producer for UKTV, BBC, and ITV. Strengthened UKTV’s online presence, by developing, producing, and strategically growing its YouTube platform, primary contact for all program proposals. Producer at The One Show, Dragons’ Den, and for BBC’s Diamond Jubilee coverage.

Creative Director at Sky, Consultant Producer for sports OTT platform DAZN overseeing the overall development, look and functionality, Senior Producer at HBS (owned by Infront Sports & Media) during Fifa World Cup Brazil, Tennis coverage for ATP TV. Cycling Coverage as Series Producer for Channel 4, Olympia Coverage for BBC.

Sam is a Producer / Director with over 20 years of experience in the sports broadcasting industry. He covered major sports events such as FIFA World Cups, UEFA European Football Championships and the Olympics. Broadcast clients include the BBC, IMG, Channel 5, and UEFA as well as Premier League Productions HBS, OBS, and Pitch International.