Hertha BSC: Carsten Schmidt, chairman of the board, resigns due to personal reasons

"Hertha BSC (Bundesliga) Hertha BSC and Carsten Schmidt, chairman of the board, have agreed to end their working relationship with immediate effect," announced the club on 12/10/2021. The German executive has in fact submitted his resignation due to the serious illness of a "close family" relative.

of one of his relatives.

Carsten Schmidt, former CEO of the pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, had joined Hertha Berlin on 01/12/2020 to head its board of directors, which is also composed of Fredi Bobic (sport) and Ingo Schiller (finance, organisation, and infrastructure), who will take over the functions of the former chairman (marketing, sales, strategy, internal communication and internationalisation) pending the possible appointment of a new member of the board.

"It is with a heavy heart that we have had to allow Mr. Schmidt his request of resignation due to personal reasons. We would like to thank Carsten Schmidt for his hard work at Hertha BSC and wish him and his family all the best for the future," said Werner Gegenbauer, president of the Berlin club.

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