UK-based pay-TV operator BSkyB has enforced its weight in Sky Deutschland’s supervisory board following BSkyB’s recent takeover of the majority interest in the German pay-TV broadcaster.

Jeremy Darroch, CEO of BSkyB, has been elected the new chairman of Sky Deutschland’s supervisory board. He follows James Murdoch, director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox, New York, USA who will remain a member of the supervisory board.

The other members of Sky Deutschland’s supervisory board are:

– Markus Tellenbach (deputy chairman of the supervisory board), president and CEO, TVN, Warsaw, Poland

– Andrew Griffith, CFO, BSkyB, London, UK

– Stefan Jentzsch, partner, Perella Weinberg Partners, London, UK

– Mark Kaner, president, 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, Los Angeles, USA

– Miriam Kraus, senior vice president, head of global governance, risk & compliance, SAP, Walldorf, Germany

– Harald Rösch, independent corporate and investment consultant, Hamburg, Germany

– Katrin Wehr-Seiter, managing director, BIP Investment Partners, Luxembourg