Management changes at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom

 In December 2015, the company announced the appointment of Milan Vašina as the CEO of Slovak Telekom; the other top management positions at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom have gradually also been combined. The residential segment is now headed by Dušan Švalek and technology and IT by Branimir Marić. The other current members of the Czech top management are in charge of the same areas also at Slovak Telekom. 

Dušan Švalek is a graduate of the University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of International Trade, and the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra. After starting his career at Benckiser and Johnson & Johnson, he joined T-Mobile Slovakia in 2004 to serve as Customer Service Director and, since 2007, as Marketing Director. He has been responsible for marketing in various positions at Slovak Telekomu until now. 

Branimir Marić graduated from the Univesity of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. He started his career at Hrvatski Telekom in the area of internet network management and development. He was in charge of technical product research and development and later became executive director in charge of the group network strategy and platform development, as well as a member of the executive management of T-Com Croatia. Following the merger of Hrvatski Telekom and T-Mobile Hrvatska in January 2010, he held the position of Operational Director responsible for service management and operation of fixed-line and mobile networks. Since January 2012, he has served as the Chief Technology and Information Officer at Slovak Telekom. 

The new top management:

• Milan Vašina – Managing Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom
• Uršula Králová – Human Resources Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom
• Stephan Eger – Finance Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom
• Dušan Švalek – Residential Segment Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom
• Rudolf Urbánek – Corporate Segment Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom
• Branimir Marić – Technology and IT Director at T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom 

Vladimír Klein has accepted the position of Senior Vice President Service Delivery of the recently formed company Deutsche Telekom Pan-Net (DT Pan-Net) and will report directly to the CEO of DT Pan-Net, Kerstin Günther. František Mala has accepted the offer to become Chief Commercial Officer Residential Segment at Telekom Romania. 

Photographs of the new management team in print quality can be found here.

T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

More information about the company is available at www.t-mobile.cz, www.t-press.cz (the portal for journalists) and www.t-mobile.cz/pomahame (information on the company’s CSR activities).

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