Olivier Baujard to take over as new Chief Technology Officer at Deutsche Telekom

Olivier Baujard will assume the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Deutsche Telekom starting November 16th, 2009. In this function he is in charge of Technology for the entire Group and he reports directly to Hamid Akhavan, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Board Member of Deutsche Telekom.

Prior to joining Deutsche Telekom, Olivier Baujard worked for Alcatel-Lucent in Paris since 1988. He was Chief Technology Officer at Alcatel from 2005-2008. As of 2008, he additionally took over the role as chairman and CEO at Alcatel-Lucent France.

"Olivier brings with him an illustrious career in technology as well as a sound understanding of our industry. I am pleased that we were able to find such a technology and business leader. As CTO, Olivier will be responsible for Group-wide engineering, deployment and operation of fixed, mobile and carrier infrastructures. I wish Olivier all the best and every success in his new position," said Hamid Akhavan.