Regine Runte

Regine Runte is an experienced transformation and leadership expert with a focus on media, professional services, and tech. As COO of Kölner Stadtanzeiger Medien (part of the DuMont Group), she is responsible for marketing, the reader market, logistics, radio, and the events business. As part of the management team, she is steering the media group's transformation into a network organization. Most recently, she was Chief Transformation Officer and member of the Executive Board of the SV Media Group in Ravensburg. Prior to that, she held management positions at BurdaVerlag in Munich for several years, most recently as Executive Director of Platform Operations. There, she led the Health, Garden & Living, and Food verticals, designed restructuring measures, expanded digital and e-commerce businesses, and developed agile organizational structures. Prior to that, she assumed overall responsibility for the food segment as Brand Director Food and headed the publishing house-wide transformation program as Director Strategic Programs. Ms. Runte is a trained journalist, studied European business administration in Germany and Spain, and completed her master's degree in London.