After more than nine successful years at Arri, three of which were spent as an executive board member, Markus Zeiler has decided to accept a new professional challenge. On April 1 he will begin a new role on the management team of one of Arri’s long-term customers. The name of the new company was not released.
“On behalf of the supervisory board, I would like to thank Markus Zeiler for his outstanding efforts and accomplishments for the Arri Group. We deeply regret this decision but wish him all the best personally and professionally. We look forward to working with [him] on joint projects in the future,” said Dr. Hans-Joerg Bullinger, chairman of Arri’s supervisory board.
Zeiler came to Arri as general manager business unit lighting in 2013. In this position, his responsibilities included the successful introduction of the LED soft light platform SkyPanel, for which Arri was awarded an Engineering Emmy this past year. Early 2019, Zeiler was called to the Arri executive board and was most recently in charge of the business units camera systems, lighting, and rental, along with the marketing and sales departments.
Together with executive board member Dr. Michael Neuhaeuser, Zeiler set an important course for the future of Arri and was able to lead the globally active film technology company, while achieving record sales figures in 2021, through the coronavirus pandemic.
In the next several weeks, Zeiler will hand over his areas to Dr. Matthias Erb, chairman of Arri’s executive board at Arri.
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