Ingo Claus
Freelance Consultant

Ingo is a freelance media consultant and partner in www.wallunica.com. He has worked for several publishing companies in Germany, Eastern Europe and China. Between 2006 and 2009, Ingo launched four women´s magazines for Bauer Media in Russia in the role of Publishing Director. With more than 2 million copies distributed per publishing interval Ingo raised the media group’s position to being one of the key players in Russian press distribution.

In addition to the success in Russia, Ingo was also central to several M & A projects and managed licensing and joint ventures in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. Ingo has also developed models for print and online media as a business strategy consultant.

Ingo holds a master’s degree in business administration and marketing from the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden and has worked as a freelance journalist. Since 2010 Ingo has been advising publishing companies, as well as small and medium enterprises, on their internationalisation projects. These have included, amongst others, the restructuring of a publishing company in Russia and the internationalisation of a German internet service to other European countries.