From April 1, 2009, Christoph Ganswindt will head Information Technology at T Home, one of Deutsche Telekom's strategic business units. The 46-year-old IT expert is joining the T Home Board of Management from Deutsche Lufthansa AG. In his new role, Mr. Ganswindt is primarily responsible for the ongoing process of restructuring the IT landscape at T Home in order to ensure that Information Technology is continually aligned with the requirements of the fiercely competitive telecommunications service market.
"We are delighted to have Christoph Ganswindt on board. As a CRM expert, he will further sharpen the customer focus of the existing IT landscape. Information technology plays a crucial role at T-Home," said Timotheus Höttges, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Home, Sales & Service. "Efficient and reliable IT systems form the essential basis for our products, for the high-quality service we strive to provide and for efficient processes in our company."
Christoph Ganswindt studied electrical engineering and information technology in Bochum. From 1990 until the end of 1998, he held managerial positions in various IT projects within the Deutsche Telekom Group. As a Managing Board member, Mr. Ganswindt headed the central information technology department of PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia from 1995 to early 1998. The company is a joint venture of Deutsche Telekom with the business areas of satellite communication, fixed network and GSM mobile communications in the Indonesian market. Christoph Ganswindt was most recently responsible for central information management in the passenger transportation business segment of Lufthansa.