Official: Rouven Kasper named new Bayern board member | OneFootball

FC Bayern has found a successor for Michael Diederich: Starting from January 1, 2026, Rouven Kasper will take over the responsibility for marketing and sales at the German record champion, as the club announced on Monday. For the 43-year-old, it is a return to a former place of action.

Rouven Kasper was already working for FC Bayern from 2016 to 2021, where he led the club's activities in the Asia-Pacific region as "President Asia" and among other things, established the office in Shanghai. After his time in Munich, he moved to VfB Stuttgart, where he has been serving on the board since 2022.

Now he is drawn back to the record champion, which is reorganizing its leadership level after the departure of Michael Diederich. The 60-year-old, previously responsible for finances, is leaving the club on October 1, 2025, and is moving to Deutsche Bank.

Hainer: "The right choice for Bayern"

Bayern President Herbert Hainer welcomed the decision: "We look forward to a great reinforcement with international experience in a strategically relevant field of activity. The supervisory board is convinced that Rouven Kasper is the right choice, both professionally and personally, to achieve FC Bayern's ambitious goals in the areas of marketing and sales with him on the board, especially since he already knows our club very well."

At the same time, Hainer also thanked VfB Stuttgart for the constructive talks: "I would like to expressly thank my colleague Dietmar Allgaier for the trustful cooperation."

Kasper: "Honor and incentive at the same time"

Rouven Kasper himself is looking forward to his new task with great anticipation: "I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the trust and the winning exchange with the supervisory board in the past weeks. Now I am very much looking forward to the future cooperation with my board colleagues and the entire team. This great task is both an honor and an incentive for me."

His goal is to further enhance the radiance of FC Bayern as a global top club with Bavarian roots: "In the team, with reliability and ambition, it is necessary to further increase the radiance and at the same time lay the foundation for a sporting successful future of FC Bayern with economic growth."

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