The Supervisory Board of T-Systems International GmbH chaired by René Obermann has today appointed Dr. Markus Müller as Director of the new "Telekom IT" unit. Dr. Müller thus also takes over as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Deutsche Telekom. "Markus Müller is an IT professional through and through," said Reinhard Clemens, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom and CEO of T-Systems. "He has mastered the art of walking a tightrope between efficiency and innovation, and has a great deal of international experience under his belt. I firmly believe that we have gained a first-rate manager for the new Telekom IT unit and I am delighted he is joining us." Dr. Markus Müller studied computer science. He comes to Telekom from his post as CIO of Allianz SE, the holding company and global headquarters for the Allianz Group. Since 2000, Dr. Müller has held a range of managerial positions in IT at Allianz and was Chief Operating Officer, IT at Dresdner Bank. Prior to this, he spent five years with McKinsey & Company in Germany and the United States. He earned his doctorate at the University of Passau. Dr. Markus Müller is married and lives close to Munich with his family. In December 2011 the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom passed a resolution on merging the IT departments of all Deutsche Telekom's business units with a total of around 8,500 employees into Reinhard Clemens' board department. The aim of reorganizing IT within the Group is to make Deutsche Telekom more competitive and allow innovation to be realized more rapidly.
About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 129 million mobile customers, 34 million fixed-network lines and approximately 17 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2011). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has over 235,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 58.7 billion in the 2011 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2011). About T-Systems Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. The company's some 48,200 employees combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers’ core business all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9.2 billion in the 2011 financial year.
