Currently, Marianne Heiß is Chief Executive Officer of BBDO Group Germany GmbH.

She is also on the board of Volkswagen AG, AUDI AG and Porsche Automobil Holding SE.

In her past career Ms. Heiß occupied the position of Finance Director of PKP BBDO Werbeagentur GmbH, Head-Administrations Office at The NewGen Hotels AG, Vice President of Gesamtverband Kommunikationsagenturen GWA eV, Financial Director-Agencies at BBDO Holding GmbH, Manager-Human Resources & Accounting at Dorint Hotel Ausburg, Chief Financial Officer at BBDO Worldwide, Inc., Head-Finance & Accounting at SELLBYTEL Group GmbH, Finance Director at BBDO Europe Ltd., Chief Financial Officer at BBDO Berlin GmbH and Chief Financial Officer for BBDO Düsseldorf GmbH.

Marianne Heiß received an undergraduate degree from The University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt.