In just over a decade, Gitte has spearheaded growth at multiple global businesses through her passions for transformational leadership, empowering people and visionary innovation. From boosting double digit growth at Spark Networks to radically reshaping Juniper Networks and APM Terminals, she has successfully handled acquisitions, operations, and million-dollar infrastructure projects globally.
As COO of Deezer, Gitte oversees the company’s operational performance, artist and industry relations, editorial, brand partnerships, CRM and offers and pricing.
A self-described “music industry agnostic”, Gitte is determined to align the passion and creativity that drive the music industry with future-facing, meaningful logistics that will allow it to flourish and grow. Accordingly, she has rapidly transformed operations and implemented comprehensive and scalable monetization opportunities, yielding a 30% increase in YOY EBITDA in her first year and bringing the accomplished mind of a seasoned COO to a vibrant industry in need of an expert guiding hand.
Before joining Deezer, Gitte led Spark Networks’ Europe and the US teams from 114M USD revenue in 2018 to 217M USD in 2021, showing how structured leadership and bold ideas can generate profit even in a highly competitive and still emerging market.
Gitte holds a Bachelor and Masters in law and has undertaken Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Programme in the Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports