{"id":15227,"date":"2025-08-04T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-germany-reveals-the-return-of-nadine-grunfeld-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:17:40","slug":"banijay-germany-reveals-the-return-of-nadine-grunfeld-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-germany-reveals-the-return-of-nadine-grunfeld-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadine Gr\u00fcnfeld Tapped as MD at Brainpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine Gr\u00fcnfeld is returning to the Brainpool management team in September 2025 as managing director.<\/p>\n<p>At Brainpool, Gr\u00fcnfeld will focus on expanding the show unit to create new entertainment brands, complementing the Brainpool management team led by Godehard Wolpers and Florian G\u00f6bels.<\/p>\n<p>Gr\u00fcnfeld previously worked at Banijay Germany from 2017 to 2022, initially as executive producer and later as executive director at EndemolShine Germany. 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