Thomas Sattelberger

Member of the Board of Management Deutsche Telekom AG for Human Resources

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Thomas Sattelberger.

Thomas Sattelberger was appointed to the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG as Chief Human Resources Officer on May 3, 2007. Born in June 1949 in Munderkingen/ Danube, Sattelberger, a graduate in Business Administration, was CHRO of Continental AG in Hanover from July 2003 until his appointment to the same position at Deutsche Telekom. At Continental AG, he put his focus on the strategic shaping and redesigning of the HR organization, the Group-wide human resources development, the global talent management as well as the labor cost and workforce management.

From 1994 to 2003, Thomas Sattelberger worked for Deutsche Lufthansa AG in Frankfurt, where he began as Head of Group Executives and HR Development and went on to become Executive Vice President Product & Service as a member of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Passage Airline responsible for the service operation and the product development from 1999 to 2003.

Thomas Sattelberger started his professional career in 1975 in the Central Directorate for Education and Development at the Daimler-Benz Group in Stuttgart. From 1982 to 1988, his responsibilities included Executive Development in the MTU Group at the Daimler Group company MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union GmbH in Munich/ Friedrichshafen. In 1989, Sattelberger became Head of Management Development, Training & Service Quality at Mercedes-Benz AG, International Sales Organization in Stuttgart, which he left to become Head of Management Development & Education at DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG in Munich in 1990.