Pim Schmitz serves as Chief Executive Officer at Talpa Media. Talpa Holding is the entity from which the Talpa Media Group is managed. He is the CEO charged with strategy & national and international business development in particular. The company aims at establishing its own production outfits and joint ventures and other ways of cooperation with key players in many interesting markets including the seven major television countries (the USA, China, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK). These units mainly focus on the production of formats developed by Talpa Content. Before joining Talpa, he held several positions in the financial and media sector, including ABN AMRO, Cyrte Investments and Endemol.