Deutsche Telekom has reshuffled its senior leadership, with new appointments accounted across finance, technology and digital products.
As a result, CFO Dr. Christian Illek will leave the company after the Annual General Meeting at the end of April 2027 for age-related reasons. He will be succeeded by Dhananjay Mirchandani, who will take over as CFO on 1 May 2027.
Mirchandani, has worked at Deutsche Telekom since 2019 and is currently Head of Group Controlling. He oversees areas including financial planning, performance, cash flow and risk management.
Before joining the company, he worked at consulting firms A.T. Kearney and BCG, as well as Vodafone Germany and Bernstein Research.
The telecoms giant also appointed Jan Hofmeyr as Board Member for Product and Technology, effective 1 November 2026. Hofmeyr will replace Dr. Abdurazak (Abdu) Mudesir, who left the company earlier this year.
Hofmeyr brings more than 30 years of experience in technology and telecommunications. Most recently, he was a senior executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he worked across cloud, networking and telecommunications.
He previously spent more than 10 years at Comcast, where he eventually became Executive Vice President and Chief Network Officer.
Mladen Mitic will become Deutsche Telekom’s new Chief Product & Digital Officer. He currently oversees B2C Commercial Growth in the company’s Europe segment and will report to Hofmeyr.
Mitic, has around 20 years of experience in telecoms. He has held senior roles at Telenor Norway and TDC Business in Denmark and was Chief Commercial Officer at Slovak Telekom. He joined Deutsche Telekom in 2024.
Mitic succeeds Jonathan Abrahamson, who is also leaving the company at his own request.
Commenting on the appointments, Dr. Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom, said: “The signal sent out by these appointments is clear: With these decisions, we are combining experience, renewal and international technological expertise. Deutsche Telekom is in an excellent position operationally and strategically.
“Now it is a matter of maintaining and expanding this strength with the next generation of management. That is why we have prepared the succession with great care. With these personnel decisions, we are continuing the orderly transition to the next generation of the Board of Management.”
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