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Tobias Kuhn

Tobias Kuhn

General Manager, BILD Ost / Saarland, Axel Springer AG, Deutschland

Tobias Kuhn has worked for Axel Springer AG since 1995. He currently holds positions as General Manager of BILD Ost and Central Projects. His responsibilities include the management of all business units such as marketing, sales and budget control, ensuring the economic success the eight regional editions of BILD Ost. Since 2009, he additionally held a position as the Managing Director of an Axel Springer subsidiary in Dresden. In 2011 he took full responsibility of the successful sale and transition process of the subsidiary, including the co-ordination of major Axel Springer departments such as M&A, Legal and Tax. Prior to this, he held various positions of growing responsibility within the management framework of Verlagsgruppe BILD.

Following the successful completion of his apprenticeship as a publishing salesperson; he completed a diploma in Business Management from the University of Applied Sciences in Kiel.