T-Systems People Moves, September 2019

By Deutsche Telekomwatch2019-09-11T09:29:00+01:00

Latest people movements include: Patrick Hermanspann, Ralf Pichler, Erik Slooten, Reinhold Wiesenfarth.

People movement highlights
Company	Executive	Activity	Details
Sources: Deutsche Telekom; various.
T‑Systems	Patrick Hermanspann	New role	Patrick Hermanspann, VP of Cloud & Partner Sales at T‑Systems (T‑Sys), took on a new role as VP for Communications & Cloud Solutions.
	Ralf Pichler	Appointment	Detecon Consulting, T-Sys’ consultancy arm, appointed Ralf Pichler its new CEO. Pichler takes over the helm from Detecon Chief Financial Officer and interim CEO Sven Erdmann, who has led the business since the departure of former CEO Heinrich Arnold in February 2019 (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #81). Pichler joins from management consultancy Boston Consulting Group, where he was Partner & Associate Director for Telecommunications. Prior to that, he was President & CEO of Ericsson Turkey & Iran. Detecon has been subsumed within T‑Sys’ Digital Solutions portfolio unit, as part of the division’s overhaul.
	Erik Slooten	New role	Erik Slooten, CEO of ITSH, switched to T‑Sys as Head of Global Delivery for Public Cloud Services.
	Reinhold Wiesenfarth	Departure	Reinhold Wiesenfarth, Senior VP of Enterprise Fixed Line Portfolio at T‑Sys, left to become Telecommunications Services Manager at German utility Stadtwerke München.

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