Cognito today announced the appointment of Anneke Rusch as the new Managing Director for Germany and the DACH region.
Anneke has a strong background in both agency and in-house roles. She started her career at Pleon Germany (now Ketchum Germany) where she managed clients in professional and financial services, public sector and IT and later held senior marketing positions at martech provider Braze and, most recently, at cybersecurity market leader CyberArk.
We at Cognito are saddened to announce the passing of Michael Siemer. Michael was the founder and head of Cognito DACH, which serves clients across the German-speaking region of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
It is with great sadness that we let you know that Dr. Michael Siemer, the founder of Westend Medien and Cognito’s partner in Germany, tragically and unexpectedly died earlier in March. Michael was a hugely respected and beloved colleague, consultant and partner. He will be much missed by many people. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.
Cognito today announced it has bought an equity stake in Westend Medien, a specialist German agency.
Westend Medien will now be part of the Cognito group and will trade as Cognito DACH – reflecting its ability to deliver across German-speaking Europe. Both companies have been working together in partnership on shared clients since 2020.