Redseven strengthens its management team with Leonard Schuster and Ute Brendel

Redseven has appointed Leonard Schuster as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and producer Ute Brendel to the company’s management team as of November 1, 2024.

In his role as CFO, Leonard Schuster will also become a member of the Redseven management team and report to Jobst Benthues. He most recently worked as commercial director of Redseven, in addition to his role as Vice President Finance and commercial director at the international sales company Seven.One Studios International (formerly Red Arrow Studios International). Schuster previously worked for the Seven.One Studios group in the US from 2018 to 2021, where he was responsible for the financial and strategic support of the production companies on the east and west coasts. Schuster has been with the ProSiebenSat.1 Group since 2016 and previously worked as an M&A advisor.

Ute Brendel began her career as an editor and subsequently held various positions for ProSieben and SAT.1. In 2019 she switched to production and has been part of Redseven ever since. The former senior executive producer oversaw formats such as Married at First Sight (SAT.1), Britt – Der Talk (SAT.1), Dirty Words (Joyn) and Buying Blind (RTL), among others. and most recently The Talk Show Doku – Shameless, Weird and Crazy (ProSieben) and Karlsplatz (BR). In her new position as producer, she will operationally manage and lead production teams and formats. She is strengthening Redseven’s existing team of producers and will report to Christiane Heinemann.

Jobst Benthues, CEO of Redseven Entertainment: “Christiane and I are very pleased that we were able to secure Ute and Leonard for these roles. We are adding two proven experts to our management team: after over 25 years in the business, Ute has an enormous amount of TV and production experience and has played a key role in shaping many key formats that have been of great importance to our company in recent years. Our thanks also go to our former CFO Julia Knetsch, who is not returning to us after her parental leave at her own request. With Leonard we were able to find an ideal successor solution from within our own ranks: he is familiar with the structures within the group and the national and international production business. Together with Christiane and me, he will work on the strategic direction of Redseven so that we are optimally positioned for future challenges.”