Flix Annual General Meeting appoints two new independent Supervisory Board members

Monique Meche

Two new female and international supervisory board members at Flix SE 

With Monique Meche and Marianne Heiss, the Flix Supervisory Board will in future include two new independent members.  

Monique Meche, 53 years old, is a dual American and Irish citizen with a 25-year career in corporate affairs and communications and has supported successful market expansion for some of the most innovative global technology companies. She also serves as a Board Director for GoFundMe. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President at Zalando responsible for Corporate Affairs, Communications and Public Policy. Prior to that, she served as Twitter’s Vice President, Global Public Policy and Philanthropy and as Vice President of Global Public Policy at Netflix, and prior to that, led Amazon’s international public policy work from 2013-2017 as Vice President. Monique Meche spent her early career at Intel and Cisco in Europe and Japan.  

Monique commented: „I’ve always been inspired by Flix’s commitment to making mobility safer, greener, more affordable, and delightful, and so I’m thrilled to join their Supervisory Board.”  

Marianne Heiss

Born in Austria, the 50-year old Marianne Heiss has held various management positions for BBDO Group Germany and BBDO Worldwide both nationally and internationally over the past 27 years, most recently as CEO for four years, prior to that as CFO in different European countries. Marianne Heiss was a member of Omnicom's Environmental Sustainability Core Team in New York and has been a strong advocate for diversity and the advancement of women in business in Europe for many years. Marianne Heiss is a finance, accounting, auditing, international management, strong brand building, and CSR expert. Since 2018, she has also been a member of the Supervisory Boards of Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Porsche SE. For Porsche SE, she additionally acts as an expert for ESG (environmental social governance) on the supervisory board. Marianne Heiss studied Corporate Accounting and Management in Wiener Neustadt and spent her early years in finance.  

Commenting on her new role at Flix Marianne Heiss says: „Flix is both, an extraordinary success story and an outstanding brand that knows how to successfully and consistently drive innovation, both nationally and internationally. I am very excited to shape the growth and future of a visionary and sustainable company together with the Flix team”. 

The newly appointed Supervisory Board will work closely with the Flix SE Management Board around André Schwämmlein, Daniel Krauss (CIO), and Christoph Debus (CFO) in an advisory and supervisory role.