Rola Bauer

Bauer now runs, together with her two partners, Tandem Communications, a vertically-integrated, television production and worldwide distribution company, based in Munich, Germany. Prior to founding TANDEM in 1999, Bauer was hired in 1996 by ProSieben, one of Germany’s first-tier broadcasters, to become Executive Vice President of International Fiction. At ProSieben she was responsible for setting up a new division in international theatrical and television co-productions, as well as running the departments of international series, animation and documentary. Collectively these areas comprised approximately two thirds of the network's slots. Before joining ProSieben, Bauer was the Paris-based President of Alliance International Television. In this position she was responsible for international co-productions, sales and marketing worldwide of Alliance's growing slate of television productions. In her previous position as Vice President of Television Sales for Alliance International, she played a key role in the launching and building of this subsidiary. Bauer holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours degree in film and television from York University Toronto, Canada.