Personalities
SPIRIT works with selected personalities whose name, reputation, expertise, public profile, or commercial relevance represents an identifiable economic value.
The personalities presented in this section are connected to SPIRIT in different ways. In certain cases, individuals have contractually granted SPIRIT the right to represent, market, commercialize, or otherwise manage specific rights connected to their person, name, public profile, expertise, brand value, or professional activities.
In other cases, SPIRIT has acquired certain claim rights, receivables, or other enforceable positions against individual personalities. These claims are administered and processed by SPIRIT in relation to the respective persons as debtors.
This section therefore provides an overview of personalities in relation to whom SPIRIT either holds commercialization rights or pursues acquired claims. Each individual profile provides further information on the relevant background, the nature of SPIRIT’s position, and, where applicable, the basis and scope of the claims being asserted.
The inclusion of a personality on this page does not necessarily indicate an ongoing cooperation, endorsement, or representation relationship. The specific legal, commercial, or contractual relationship between SPIRIT and the respective individual is described on the corresponding profile page.
Through this structure, SPIRIT creates transparency regarding the personalities, rights, claims, and commercial positions that form part of its portfolio and activities.
H E I N R I C H K E R N E B E C K
Heinrich Kernebeck, co-founder of HMS Media Service and later associated with the Carat/Aegis media-agency structure, was involved in the Aegis criminal proceedings and was publicly reported as having received a suspended sentence of 2 Years.
D A V I D L I N N
David Linn, former Aegis/AMCS purchasing executive and co-defendant in the Aegis criminal proceedings, was convicted in connection with 41 cases of aiding and abetting breach of trust and received a two-year suspended sentence of 2 Years.
A L E K S A N D E R R U Z I C K A
Aleksander Ruzicka, former senior HMS/Carat/Aegis media executive and one of the most prominent figures in the German and European media-agency market, is listed here as a contracted personality whose brand, expertise, and public positioning are managed by SPIRIT.
The detailed report addresses his industry role, the Aegis proceedings, SPIRIT’s rights position, and the foundation-related public-interest dimension of his current activities.
F E L I C I T A S C O N W A Y
Felicitas Conway, lawyer and specialist lawyer for tax law at AWP, is listed here in connection with the Camaco GmbH structures and payment flows described in the Aegis materials.
C L A U D I A J A C K S O N
Claudia Jackson, formerly associated with the Aegis/Carat media-buying structure, is listed here in connection with the Aegis criminal proceedings, the Emerson FF and Camaco-related payment flows.
D R. A N D R E A S B Ö L T E
Dr. Andreas Bölte, former CFO and later CEO of Aegis Media Germany / Central Europe, is listed here in connection with the Aegis proceedings, the anonymous criminal complaints that brought the Aegis matter into motion, his subsequent succession to Ruzicka’s CEO position, later discontinued criminal proceedings involving Bölte.
K A I H I E M S T R A
Kai Hiemstra, founder of HMS Media Service and a central figure behind the later HMS/Carat/Aegis structure, is listed here in connection with the historic Aegis proceedings and the PLV/Camaco/Watson structural setup.
