Manfred Zimmermann (Manager)

Manfred Zimmermann (born December 31, 1956 in Cologne ) is a German manager.

Career

Manfred Zimmermann was active as a racing driver in the Renault 5 Cup, Renault Europe Cup and Formula 3 from 1978 to 1986 . In the 1990s he worked for the sports management agency IMG Mark McCormack u. a. responsible for the marketing of tennis events such as the German Open at Hamburg's Rothenbaum and the ATP World Championship in Frankfurt as well as for motorsport. In the mid-1990s, he moved to T-Mobile as Marketing and Sponsorship Manager , where he a. a. Threaded and implemented the partnership with the German Football Association and the German national football team . From 1996 to 1999 Zimmermann was President of the German Sponsoring Association. In 1998 he founded the Zimmermann agency, which u. a. for clients like Til Schweiger, Hannelore Elsner, Anja Kling, Natalia Wörner, Alexander Zickler u. a. has worked. With the Formula 1 racing driver Adrian Sutil, Zimmermann managed to lead another German driver into the top class of motorsport in 2007. With the help of Zimmermann, the Swiss Rahel Frey managed to compete for Audi in 2011 and 2012 as one of the few women in the DTM .

Web links

• Vita on motorsport-total , February 17, 2011
• Interview with Manfred Zimmermann at motorsport-magazin , May 22, 2009
• Zimmermann agency