DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga appoints new Senior Vice Presidents to strengthen key topics

  • Marcus Beisiegel appointed as Senior Vice President Audiovisual Rights and Media Product
  • Dr Vito Esposito to head newly established department of Institutional and Political Relations & Regulation

10 August 2023 – The new DFL CEOs, Dr Marc Lenz and Dr Steffen Merkel, are making initial organisational adjustments and personnel changes within DFL to strengthen key topics.

Marcus Beisiegel

Effective 1 September 2023, Marcus Beisiegel will start as the new Senior Vice President Audiovisual Rights and Media Product, in which role he will be responsible for the German-language media rights tender as well as national and international product management. He will take over this area from Dr Steffen Merkel. Marcus Beisiegel joined DFL in 2012 and most recently worked as Head of National Audiovisual Rights. In this position, he has already played a significant role in the tendering process for national media rights for many years. Marcus Beisiegel will report directly to DFL CEO Dr Steffen Merkel.

“Marcus Beisiegel has been an integral part of the Audiovisual Rights department for more than eleven years and has made a significant contribution to the further development of the media product in this period. His in-depth expertise combined with many years of experience with the tendering process for national media rights are an excellent basis for successful work in his new role,” says Dr Steffen Merkel.

Dr Vito Esposito

At the same time, Dr Vito Esposito has been appointed as Senior Vice President Institutional and Political Relations & Regulation. This newly established department will bring together institutional, political, sports policy and regulatory issues. As such, Vito Esposito will also support the areas of public affairs and rights protection, which is to be stepped up further to strengthen the media product. Dr Vito Esposito started working for DFL in 2014, mostly recently acting as Head of Media, Commercial and Antitrust Law. In his new role, which he will take up on 1 September 2023, he will report directly to DFL CEO Dr Marc Lenz.

“In Vito Esposito, we have gained an esteemed expert for this important position. The establishment of this department is critical for strong representation of DFL when it comes to wide-ranging regulatory, political and sports policy issues. As a legal expert with considerable experience in media rights, Vito Esposito is also ideally suited to strengthen the area of rights protection, which is a key priority for increasing the lasting value of DFL’s media rights,” says Dr Marc Lenz.