Elke Schneiderbanger

Table Captain

Elke Schneiderbanger

Managing Director
ARD MEDIA GmbH

After completing her newspaper traineeship, Elke Schneiderbanger gained experience as a presenter, editor, and editor-in-chief at various radio stations, as well as a television presenter at Bayerischer Rundfunk, SAT.1, and ZDF. In 1996, she joined radio NRW, where she took on the roles of managing director and program director. Since June 2010, Elke Schneiderbanger has been serving as the managing director of ARD MEDIA GmbH.

In addition to her role as managing director, Elke Schneiderbanger holds various mandates in industry representation. Since 2011/2012, she has represented the television genre on the working committee of AGMA. Additionally, she serves as a representative of ARD MEDIA on the AGF supervisory board and in the AGF shareholders’ meeting. Since 2011, she has also been a member of the advisory board of the German Radio Awards and the Radiozentrale.