DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
Embarking on a digital journey to foster innovation , Deutsche Telekom is set to remain as Europe ’ s leading telecom operator
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H aving established itself as
one of the world ’ s leading telecommunication companies , Deutsche Telekom is set to ink a new chapter in its story as it embraces a new wave of digitisation .
No mean task , Dr . Kai-Ulrich Deissner , with his responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer of the newly found Board Area Technology & Innovation under Claudia Nemat , Board member Technology & Innovation , has a meaningful impact on this transformation .
Deissner is what they call in German a “ colourful dog ”. Not your usual finance officer , he has worked in many parts of the value chain and in three regions across Europe ; product marketing , many years of sales and process engineering in the local German business , as well as several CFO roles mark his 14-year long career for Deutsche Telekom .
This diverse background extends to his private life : Deissner is as passionate about his job as he is about gaming ( he is a level 40 PokemonGo player ) and long-distance running . He was initially trained as a journalist and studied American poetry at Cambridge university , before making his first professional steps in the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s . “ And where is the money – this was the leading question when the bubble burst ”, he looks back , “ and this is what has been guiding my professional behaviour ever since .”
Bringing both operational and financial experience to the fore ,
JULY 2018