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Schlesinger Joins Stella Circle as Crisis Management Consultant

Her appointment follows a provisional Berlin court ruling on her pension entitlement plus a damages award as breach-of-trust probes continue.

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15 January 2025, Berlin: Patricia Schlesinger, former director-general of RBB, sits at the Berlin district court hearing a lawsuit brought by former director-general Schlesinger, who was dismissed without notice, against the public broadcaster RBB. According to the court, Schlesinger is demanding a pension of around 18,300 euros. As part of a so-called counterclaim, RBB is demanding, among other things, the payment of damages. The broadcaster also wants the court to declare that the former director is not entitled to a pension. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • On July 22, 2025, Schlesinger began her role at Stella Circle, advising executives on crisis communication, resilience building and public expectation management.
  • Stella Circle cited her decades of leadership in public broadcasting and her expertise in media, public institution management and communication.
  • Last week, the Berlin Regional Court provisionally ordered RBB to pay her around €18,400 in Ruhegeld and ruled she must pay undisclosed damages, with both sides filing appeals.
  • The Berlin Generalstaatsanwaltschaft is still investigating her for breach of trust and accepting benefits linked to the 2022 RBB nepotism and waste scandal.
  • Her transition underscores a shift from public broadcasting scrutiny to private consultancy where she plans to apply lessons from her RBB tenure to corporate crises.