Thomas Geitner

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Thomas Geitner (born 14 March 1955 in Heidenheim, Germany) is a German businessman.

He joined the board of BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s main commercial subsidiary, as a non-executive director in April 2007, to advise on new media developments, investments and international growth as BBC Worldwide gears up for some major digital business launches.^[1]

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 successful launch of Vodafone live!, in 2002, and the establishment of a global supply chain organisation. In July 2003, Geitner was appointed Vodafone’s CTO. In this capacity, 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.

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 is also a member of the board of Singulus.

Prior to Vodafone, Thomas led a number of engineering businesses and later was responsible for telecommunications at RWE Group and was a member of the management board. He also held the position of CEO of Otelo Communications GmbH and E-Plus, two German telecommunications companies.

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