Stephan Schenk, new general director of global sales and solutions at ARRI

This newly created position aims to combine and align sales and service activities across all ARRI product groups and expand the systems business across all markets.

Stephan Schenk, as general manager of global sales and solutions, has assumed responsibility for global sales and service of hardware products from ARRI, as well as the German company's solutions business. This newly created position aims to combine and align sales and service activities across all ARRI product groups and expand the systems business across all markets.

In this position, Stephan Schenk reports directly to the member of the Board of Directors Markus Zeiler. He is responsible for all sales and service departments of the camera and lighting systems business units, including the ARRI Systems Group in Berlin. Additionally, the regional directors of the Americas, China, East Asia Pacific and EMEAI will report to Stephan Schenk.

Schenk se unió a ARRI el 1 de agosto de 2009, como jefe de la Unidad de Negocio de Sistemas de Cámara de ARRI. Fue nombrado director general de Arnold & Richter Cine Technik en julio de 2014.

Zeiler highlights that "From day one, Stephan Schenk has guided the business activities of the Alexa camera platform to great success and has developed the Camera Systems business unit for more than ten years. The cornerstone was the system concept that he initiated for the camera, lenses, components and interfaces. On behalf of ARRI, I would like to sincerely thank Stephan Schenk for his outstanding achievements and services to the company in recent years. We wish him every success in this new area of ​​responsibility."

For his part, Schenk comments that "we have a broad portfolio of camera and lighting systems and strive to combine our products and services in the best possible way for the benefit of our customers. In addition, we want to develop solutions for our customers that also take into account the products of other manufacturers and partners. New challenges, such as virtual productions or IP-based workflows, can be best addressed in cross-product teams. These solutions are as multifaceted as the creative ideas of our customers."