THORSTEN THIEL

Bertelsmann Services Group Central Europe
By : (K.K.)

   THORSTEN THIEL, 33, was recently appointed managing director of Bertelsmann Services Group Central Europe and member of the board of Bertelsmann Media. Prior to this appointment he was the managing director of Bertelsmann Service Center Poland, for which he created America Online's first internet customer service in Europe and built a logistics center in Russia. A graduate of the faculties of business administration and electrical engineering at Germany's Darmstadt University, Thiel lives in Poznan and Berlin and enjoys jogging, tennis, skiing and traveling.