Bernhard Burgener

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Mr. Bernhard Burgener serves as Chief Executive Officer, Executive President of the Board and Chairman of the Management Board at Highlight Event and Entertainment. Mr. Burgener 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 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 serves as President and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Highlight Communications, where he is responsible for the Highlight Group's strategy. He is also the chairman of the supervisory board of Constantin Film in Munich.