Potsdam, 9 February 2024. UFA, the leading production company for TV, cinema and streaming in German-speaking countries and part of Fremantle's international network, is reorganising its management. Natalie Clausen will become the new Chief Operating Officer of the UFA Group and a member of the Management Board on 19 February 2024. The internationally experienced TV manager comes from the streaming service Netflix, where she was most recently responsible for productions such as THE EMPRESS, KLEO and LIEBESKIND as Senior Production Manager in German-speaking countries. She previously worked as a production manager and line producer for internationally successful productions such as BABYLON BERLIN and at UFA for CHARITÉ and DEUTSCHLAND89, among others. In her newly created role, Natalie Clausen reports to CEO Sascha Schwingel.

As part of the reorganisation, Joachim Kosack is leaving the management of the UFA Group and, together with Markus Brunnemann, will focus on the management of the UFA Serial Drama division (including GZSZ, UNTER UNS, ALLES WAS ZÄHLT). There are also changes at UFA Documentary (including ICH BIN! MARGOT FRIEDLÄNDER, ALL OR NOTHING, EXPEDITION ARCTIC 2 - DIVING TRIP TO THE NORTH POLE). Gwendolin Szyszkowitz-Schwingel has decided to continue her career outside UFA. She is resigning from her position as managing director of UFA Documentary at the end of the month. The decision is at her own request, in the interests of the company and by mutual agreement. In future, UFA Documentary will be managed by Marc Lepetit, who has been co-managing director to date.

Sascha SchwingelCEO of UFA since September 2023, comments on the changes: "I am delighted to have gained such an experienced and passionate manager for UFA in Natalie Clausen, who has an excellent network in our industry. Appreciated by talents, she has proven her outstanding expertise at an internationally successful streaming service as well as at UFA itself. With her outside perspective, she will provide valuable impetus to create even more room for creativity in a flexible, lean organisation and with the clever use of technology. I am very much looking forward to working with Natalie and wish her every success in her new role.

At the same time, I would like to expressly thank Joachim for his many years of successful work on the UFA management board and am delighted that he is now concentrating his extensive expertise on UFA Serial Drama. This puts us in an excellent position for the further development of our important long-running daily series. I would also like to thank Gwendolin for building up UFA Documentary and realising outstanding productions such as MYTHOS JUNGFERNHÄUTCHEN and JUNG, WILD, GRENZENLOS. I wish her all the best for her professional future."

Natalie Clausen says of her new role: "The role of COO is the challenge I was looking for. Change always opens up new opportunities and possibilities. UFA has an impressive tradition and its programmes reach millions of people every day. I am very much looking forward to helping to shape UFA's success story together with Sascha Schwingel and the entire UFA team and leading it into the future."

About UFA

UFA is one of the leading production companies for series and films, shows and documentaries in the German-speaking world. New and long-running programmes from UFA reach an average of over 30 million people every week and are currently available on almost all TV channels and streaming services. The creative house bundles the range of its genres in the units UFA Fiction and UFA Serial Drama, UFA Show & Factual and UFA Documentary under one roof. UFA is part of the international production company Fremantle, the global production arm of RTL Group. UFA was founded in 1917 and is now present at five locations in Germany. Its headquarters are in Potsdam-Babelsberg.

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