Ο Marco-Erich-Theo Struecker γεννήθηκε στο Αμβούργο στις 7 Δεκεμβρίου 1970. Σχολείο πήγε το 1980 στο Heilwig Gymnasium στο Αμβούργο, μετακόμισε στην Αθήνα το 1982 και φοίτησε στη Σχολή από το 1982 μέχρι το 1988, οπότε και συνέχισε στο American Community Schools of Athens μέχρι το 1991. Σπούδασε Marketing στο University of La Verne, Athens Campus (1991-94), από όπου πήρε και το Master of Business Administration (1994-95).
Εργάστηκε ως Special Projects Manager στην ΠΗΓΑΣΟΣ Εκδοτική μέχρι το 1988 και αμέσως μετά μέχρι το 2000 στην TREK Consulting ως Senior Project Manager.
Το 2000 μετακόμισε στην ANTENNA TV ως Internet Senior Project Manager. Το 2001 έγινε Operations Manager στην ANTENNA Internet, όπου το 2006 έγινε General Manager, θέση που διατήρησε μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο 2013, ενώ παράλληλα κατείχε και την θέση του CEO στην brandsGalaxy του ιδίου ομίλου.
Από τον Ιανουάριο 2014 έως τον Δεκέμβριο του 2023 ήταν Senior Internet Andvisor του ANTENNA Group και Managing Director της VICE-South Eastern Europe.
Από τον Ιανουάριο του 2024 είναι General Manager of ANTENNA Digital, the Digital Business Unit of the Antenna Group, ενώ από τον Μάρτιο του 2024 είναι και Interim General Manager of ANT1+, την OTT platform του ANTENNA Group.
Marco Struecker, born in 1970 in Hamburg – Germany, graduated from the American Community School in Athens (1991) and received in 1995 from the University of La Verne his bachelor’s degree in science and afterwards his MBA.
Mr. Struecker’ s career commenced in Greece in 1994 in the Media Group PEGASUS Publishing & Printing as a Special Projects Manager and he continued as a consultant in 1998 for two years at TREK Consulting covering a wide range of European funded new media and e-commerce projects.
In 2000, Mr. Struecker was recruited by the ANTENNA Group as a Senior Project Manager and promoted two year after to Operations Manager, so to start to building up the Internet division of the ANTENNA Group. In 2006, he was appointed to General Manager of ANTENNA Internet, the division focusing on Digital Media and Digital Diversification.
During Mr. Struecker’s administration, the ANTENNA Group pioneered in the field of Digital Media via the launch of the first Video on Demand service, the first WebTV channel and numerous WebTV series. Furthermore, and throughout his management, he introduced to the Greek market various e- platforms, such as the private e-shopping platform brandsGalaxy , as well as platforms for e-learning, e-voting, e-dating, music downloading, and online multiplayer gaming.
From January 2014 until December 2023, Mr. Struecker was holding the position of Senior Digital Advisor of the ANTENNA Group, in parallel with the position of Managing Director in South-Eastern Europe for the global youth media group VICE Media.
As of January 2024, Mr. Struecker is holding the position of General Manager of ANTENNA Digital, the Digital Business Unit of the Antenna Group, whereas as of March 2024 he was also appointed to Interim General Manager of ANT1+, the OTT platform of the ANTENNA Group.
Mr. Struecker is currently a Board Member of the Online Publishers’ Association of Greece (ENED), of which he is a founding member.
He has also served as a Board Member of the IAB Greece from 2010 until 2018, in which he served as President from 2012-2014.
In 2011 Mr. Struecker has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors in the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and has been re-elected in 2017 as a Board Member and the President of the ACCI’s Service Sector.