Deutsche Telekom Group people movements, May 2020

By Deutsche Telekomwatch2020-05-09T00:11:00+01:00

Group changes include Rontogianni’s departure and top-level changes at MobiledgeX.

Source: Frankfurt School Verlag

Maria Rontogianni leaves DTAG

Company	Executive	Activity	Details
Source: DT, various.
Group	Melanie Lynam-Smith	New role	Melanie Lynam-Smith, formerly Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) Senior Innovation Portfolio & Investment Manager, was named Head of E‑Service for enterprise customers.
Group	Maria Rontogianni	Departure	Maria Rontogianni, the Group’s Senior Vice-President (SVP) for Audit & Risk Management, left DT to join Greek Alpha Bank as Group Internal Auditor. She also left behind her Group Chief Internal Auditor position at OTE.
Technology & Innovation Deutsche Telekom IT	Marijke Kist-Koolen	New role	Internal services arm Deutsche Telekom IT named Marijke Kist-Koolen Head of API Portfolio Management and API & Service Factory. She was previously VP and Lead Architect for Telekom Deutschland’s Business‑to‑Business operation at Deutsche Telekom IT.
USA & Corporate Development MobiledgeX	Fredrik Borgstrom	Appointment	Fredrik Borgstrom was appointed Director of Business Development at DT spin‑off MobiledgeX. He joined from emerging business consultancy cyborgstrom, where he was Managing Director. Prior to that, Borgstrom was Engagement Director at Ericsson.
USA & Corporate Development MobiledgeX	Michael Lochead	Appointment	Michael Lochead was named MobiledgeX’s VP of Customer Success. He joined from Scalr, an enterprise cloud management platform provider, which he co-founded.

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