Thomas Geitner
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| Born | March 14, 1955 Heidenheim an der Brenz, West Germany |
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Thomas Geitner (born 14 March 1955) is a German businessman.
Career[edit]
Geitner is the chairman of Riskmethods, a supply chain risk management company with offices in Boston, Munich, and Wrocław,[1] and a member of the supervisory board at HolidayCheck Group AG[2] since 23 June 2020.[3]
He joined the board of BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s main commercial subsidiary, as a non-executive director in April 2007[4] to advise on new media developments, investments and international growth.
Previously, he was the CEO at new businesses and innovation of Vodafone, since April 2006, and a board director since May 2000. During the restructuring of Vodafone, he left the company in late 2006. Geitner had joined Vodafone in 2000, as an executive director, establishing and managing global products and services, he was responsible for establishing Vodafone as a global brand, and for the creation and launch of Vodafone live!, in 2002, and the establishment of a global supply chain organisation. In July 2003, Geitner was appointed Vodafone's CTO, where he initiated and led the One Vodafone programme, established a set of shared service organizations, and created the company's leadership position on 3G across Europe.[citation needed]
He was a director of several of the Group's overseas subsidiaries including chairman of the board of Arcor, a member of the board of Vodafone and a member of the management boards of Vodafone Holding GmbH and Vodafone Deutschland GmbH. He was a member of the supervisory board of Singulus from 1997 to 2009.[5]
Prior to Vodafone, Geitner led a number of engineering businesses and later was responsible for telecommunications at RWE Group and a member of the management board.[citation needed] He was CEO of Otelo Communications GmbH and E-Plus, two German telecommunications companies.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "riskmethods appoints Thomas Geitner as Chairman of the Board". riskmethods. Boston. 2021-11-22. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Supervisory Board". HolidayCheck Group. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Thomas Geitner". HolidayCheck Group. June 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Thomas Geitner joins BBC Worldwide board". Indian Television. Mumbai. 2007-04-16. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "2009 Annual Report of Singulus Technologies AG" (PDF). Singulus. Kahl am Main. 2010-03-31. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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