Prof. Dr. Kai Gniffke (CEO, ARD & Director, SWR)

Professor Kai Gniffke is the director of Südwestrundfunk (SWR), was CEO of ARD, the world’s largest broadcasting association, and is one of Germany’s most influential broadcasting executives and journalists. Before his role as head of ARD, Professor Gniffke was Editor-in-Chief of ARD, which includes Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, and tagesschau.de, among others, after having served as Second Editor-in-Chief of ARD. Prior to that, he was regional political correspondent for SWR, after having worked as a final editor for the television news of the then Südwestfunk (SWF) in Mainz. Mr. Gniffke began his career as a reporter at SWF, where he also worked during his studies. Prof. Gniffke studied political science, sociology, and public law at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Goethe University Frankfurt and received his doctoral degree from the latter. ______________________________________ The CEO Leadership Series is the flagship event series of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and takes place at the Heilbronn campus. The goal of the event series is to connect top managers with young students in order to promote a fruitful dialogue. The guests first hold a panel discussion with the host about their careers and organizations, and then respond to questions from the students in a Q&A session. This gives students valuable insights into the fascinating and exciting life and work of successful and renowned managers. Music: Good Morning by MaxKoMusic