Michael Bernhoerster
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe
Catalina Marketing International

Michael Bernhoerster, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, for Catalina Marketing International, is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of Catalina's current European business and expansion efforts. He joined Catalina Marketing in July 2008.

Bernhoerster came to Catalina with an extensive background and solid experience leading two major consumer packaged goods businesses in Europe: Procter & Gamble and S. C. Johnson. In his 13 years with Procter & Gamble in Germany, Italy and Belgium, he held positions in Strategic Planning, Sales, Marketing and Advertising.

After leaving P&G, Bernhoerster spent twelve years with S.C. Johnson in Germany, London and Japan. Bernhoerster was Managing Director Marketing for Europe, President and CEO of Johnson & Co. Ltd. and Johnson Trading Company in Japan. He recently returned to Germany to lead as Group Managing Director an expanded Central (European) Cluster of countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Slovac, Scandinavia and the Czech Republic.

Bernhoerster holds a diploma of Business Administration from the Universität zu Köln in Cologne. He speaks fluent English and German and basic knowledge in Italian, French and Japanese.