Bernhard Burgener

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Mr. Bernhard Burgener serves as Chairman, Delegate of the Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer at Highlight Event and Entertainment. He founded Sunset Video and opened video stores in the greater Basel area. A year later he sold it. In 1983 he founded Rainbow Video for the distribution of videos. In 1999 he also took a stake in Constantin Film (a minority stake since 2002, later a subsidiary of Highlight Communications). From 2008 to 2015 he was CEO of Constantin Medien. He served as President & Board Member at Highlight Event and Entertainment. He has been a member since 1995, President since 2012 and President and Delegate of the Board of Directors since 2016. After completing his degree in business administration, he became an independent entrepreneur and took a stake in Highlight Communications in 1994, which he listed on the stock exchange in 1999. In addition to his role at HLEE, he is President and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Highlight Communications and is responsible for the Highlight Group's strategy. He is also chairman of the supervisory board of Constantin Film, Munich.