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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Germany based CFO’ operating in the Infrastructure space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Christian Illek
CFO of Deutsche Telekom
Christian P. Illek, born in 1964 in Düsseldorf, has taken up the post of Chief Human Resources Officer at Deutsche Telekom on April 1. Christian Illek’s previous position was Chairman of the Management Board at Microsoft Germany, a role in which he shaped flexible working time models for the company by getting rid of the strict obligation to work from the office. From April 2010 to September 2012, he was Director of Marketing at Telekom Deutschland GmbH. In this position he was responsible for all marketing activities for both consumers and business customers in Germany. He was also in charge of the Wholesale Center and the Value-Added Services Center, as well as international product development for Deutsche Telekom’s fixed-network, IPTV, convergent and business customer portfolio. Before being appointed as a member of the T-Home Board of Management (at the beginning of 2007) and Marketing Director at T-Mobile (in May 2009), Christian Illek held various managerial positions at Bain & Company and at Dell, in both Germany and in Switzerland. Christian P. Illek studied chemistry and business administration in Düsseldorf and Munich, beginning his career at the University of Munich in 1989.
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About Deutsche Telekom: Deutsche Telekom is a telecommunications company that offers a range of fixed-network services.
Christian Weller von Ahlefeld
CFO of The Mobility House
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About The Mobility House: The Mobility House provides its users with mobility energy solutions.
Franz Weber
Chief Financial Officer of The Mobility House
“Big business ideas need economic substance.” Franz Peter Weber is a financial expert with a strong sales focus. With his experience in the digital, tech and service industries, he is a guarantor of the economic development of our company. Most recently, he was CFO and spokesman of telegate AG. He began his career at Bayernwerk (E.ON Energie AG) in controlling. To balance it goes into the mountains or if it works for recreational football or running.
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About The Mobility House: The Mobility House provides its users with mobility energy solutions.
Thomas Stark
CFO of Cancom
Thomas Stark was born in 1971 and is a German national. After his study of business engineering and two years as a business process analyst at Accenture, Thomas joined CANCOM group in the year 2000. In the following years he held several positions before he was made director purchasing of CANCOM SE in 2003 and director finance of CANCOM SE in 2006. Since 2012 respectively 2014 he is Executive Vice President and CFO of German TecDAX listed CANCOM SE, one of the top 30 German high tech companies. From 2014 to 2016, Thomas was CFO of Pironet AG, member of CANCOM group. As member of the Management Board of CANCOM SE he is responsible for topics concerning the fields of Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG). Other mandates held: Member of the Supervisory Board of AL-KO Kober SE, Kötz (unlistet; no Group mandate); Member of the Supervisory Board of Pironet AG, Köln (unlisted; Group mandate)
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About Cancom: The Cancom group is a provider of IT infrastructure and IT services.
Arno Wilfert
Chief Financial Officer of PEPcom
Arno Wilfert since July 2014 General Manager for Finance of Pepcom group. With more than 23 years of experience Dr. Wilfert has sound knowledge in the TMT sector. Previously, Dr. Wilfert was 7 years Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Initially responsible for commercial due diligence and strategy development, he directed from 2012 the Industrial Practice TMT in newly established area PwC Management Consulting. Previously, Dr. Wilfert served in various financial functions at Detecon and Arthur D. Little.
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About PEPcom: Pepcom one of the most experienced cable operators in Germany.
Achim Benoit
CFO of Becker Mining
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About Becker Mining: Becker Mining Systems is a leading global supplier of unique system solutions for the mining sector.
Jörg Sellmann
Chief Financial Officer of Brabbler
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About Brabbler: Brabbler develops IT solutions for modern and secure communication.
Michael Knopp
Chief Financial Officer of Materna
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About Materna: Materna is one of the leading IT consulting companies in the information and communications technology sector.
Jens Müller
Chief Financial Officer, Group Managing Director of Deutsche Glasfaser
Jens Müller is Chief Financial Officer, Group Managing Director at Deutsche Glasfaser Unternehmensgruppe.
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About Deutsche Glasfaser: A German fiber-optic network company
