Klaus Bieling, 44, Managing Director and CFO for the DACH region at global information services provider Experian, will transfer to digital services provider diva-e on January 1, 2023. As CFO, he will take over responsibility for Finance, Controlling, Legal and IT. The fact that diva-e is thus installing a CFO for the first time highlights the ambitious expansion strategy of the digital service provider, which specializes in holistic IT and digital commerce solutions. "With Klaus Bieling, a proven finance professional comes on board who will set decisive milestones for our growth", says Tilman Au, CEO of diva-e. "Klaus Bieling brings great international experience and will support our further organic expansion as well as our M&A activities in Germany and abroad."
Bieling joined global information services provider Experian in 2020. There, as one of two managing directors, he drove forward the integration of the risk management business of Arvato Financial Solutions, the majority of which Experian acquired from media giant Bertelsmann in 2020 and for which Bieling had previously worked as Senior Vice President Finance. Since 2007, he had worked in finance for other Bertelsmann subsidiaries, including locations in Los Angeles, US and Brookfield (Wisconsin), US, in Liverpool, UK as well as Hamburg and Gütersloh, GER. Bieling began his career at Deutsche Bank in Essen; before joining Bertelsmann, he worked for the logistics service provider Schenker in Singapore for three years.
Bieling holds a degree in business administration from the renowned WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, the Neoma Business School in Reims, France, and the University of Michigan in the United States. "I am looking forward to my new tasks and the new colleagues," says Bieling. "diva-e has a great perspective. I can't wait to contribute my knowledge and experience in the fields of finance, M&A and internationalization to diva-e's further expansion."