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Member of the Supervisory Board since November 20, 2018, appointed until the shareholders' meeting 2028, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board since March 27, 2020, Head of the Collective Bargaining Policy Committee IKT, National Committee A at the ver.di National Executive Board, Berlin.

Frank Sauerland, Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom.

Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom.


Year of birth: 1968
Place of birth: Essen
Nationality: German

Career history:

Since 2016

Head of Collective Bargaining Policy Committee IKT, National Committee A at the ver.di National Executive Board, Berlin; Chairman of the ver.di Sozialverein (Social Association)

2005 – 2016

Representative for Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining Policy Committee, TC /IT National Committee ver.di National Executive Board, Berlin

1996 – 2005

Trade Union Secretary at the Central Executive Committee of the former Deutsche Postgewerkschaft union, Telecommunications department, Frankfurt; from 2001 in the Regional TC/IT Committee (in the area of co-determination, legal protection, civil servant and social policy) of ver.di, NRW region

1990 – 1996

Diverse functions in staff and works councils at the former Deutsche Bundespost and at Deutsche Telekom AG at local and central level, including release from work in most cases


Education and training:

1987 – 1993

Basic employment and subsequent training in the medium telecommunications grades of civil service and as a technical senior business administrator at Deutsche Bundespost

1984 – 1987

Training as a telecommunications technician at Deutsche Bundespost 


Expertise/Professional focal points:
Support of business re-engineering, organization and reorganization, and operational and corporate restructuring projects; project management/lead negotiator as well as activities in various committees; wage and collective bargaining law; pay & benefits and compensation systems; co-determination; product and service innovation

Seats on the Deutsche Telekom supervisory bodies:
- General Committee
- Strategy, ESG and Innovation Committee
- Personnel Committee, Chairman

Memberships of other supervisory boards required to be formed by law:
- Telekom Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

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