Munich, December 6, 2022. Effective January 1, 2023, Holger Hohrein has been appointed CFO of CTS EVENTIM AG & Co.KGaA, one of the leading international providers of ticket services and live entertainment. Hohrein joined CTS EVENTIM from PEAC Finance where he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer.
He has been in charge of finance for three years and will succeed Andreas Grandinger, who will resign from the Executive Committee of CTS EVENTIM at his own request and amicable consent when his contract expires on December 31, 2022. increase.
Klaus-Peter Schulenberg, CEO of CTS EVENTIM said: “He played a key role in helping CTS EVENTIM overcome a difficult pandemic year and emerge from the crisis with renewed strength.We wish him all the best in all his future endeavours.” At the same time, Holger Hohrein has agreed to join us as our new CFO due to his excellent management record.”
After graduating in business administration, Holger Hohrein (born 1971) began his career at McKinsey, advising financial services providers on strategic financial and risk management issues. In 2008 he moved to Comdirect, a listed online bank, after working for nine years at a management consulting firm. In 2013 Hollein was promoted to the Managing Board as CFO, responsible for IT, corporate strategy, business development and innovation. management. In 2017, he joined Hamburg-based fintech company Deposit Solutions as COO, responsible for the company’s international expansion and platform development. From 2020, Hohrein will serve as CFO and CRO of financial services provider PEAC Finance, shifting the company’s business model to one of a depository bank, focusing on implementing pan-European transformation projects. Did.
“Holger Holein is a well-respected financial manager with extensive professional experience. His versatility and breadth of expertise make him an asset to our management team and will undoubtedly add to the success of our growth strategy. It will give us a lot of momentum,” added Schulenberg.
About CTS EVENTIM
CTS EVENTIM is one of the leading international providers of ticket services and live entertainment. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, about 250 million tickets were sold annually using the company’s system. This can be from a physical box office, online, or mobile. The company’s online portals are branded as eventim.de, oeticket.com, ticketcorner.ch, ticketone.it and entradas.com. The EVENTIM Group also includes numerous concert, tour and festival promoters for events such as Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, Hurricane, Southside and Lucca Summer. In addition, CTS EVENTIM operates some of Europe’s most prestigious venues, including the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, his KB Hallen in Copenhagen, Waldbuhne in Berlin and his EVENTIM Apollo in London. CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE 0005470306) has been listed on the stock exchange since 2000 and currently he is a member of the MDAX segment. In 2021, against the backdrop of forced closures, cancellations and event restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group generated a total of €407.8 million in revenue across his 20+ countries. In 2019, the year before the pandemic, his revenue exceeded €1.4 billion.
