Markus Haas

Markus Haas has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG since January 2017 and a member of the Management Board since September 2012. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the company's core operating business as Chief Operating Officer (COO). His responsibilities as COO also included the operational integration of Telefónica and E-Plus following the acquisition in 2014 and the associated successful realization of the expected synergies. Most recently, under his overall management of the company, Telefónica once again revolutionized the mobile communications market in Germany with the launch of O2 Free, by far the most customer-friendly mobile data product.

The fully qualified lawyer has been working for Telefónica since 1998. He became a member of the Management Board in 2009. He played a decisive role in the acquisition and integration of HanseNet, the LTE spectrum auction and the successful IPO of Telefónica Deutschland. Under his leadership, commercially important strategic partnerships were concluded, including with Deutsche Telekom AG, Versatel GmbH and Drillisch AG.

Markus Haas began his career in 1998 as a legal and regulatory affairs officer at Telefónica in Germany - then still Viag Interkom - and subsequently as Executive Assistant to the CFO. He then became Vice President of Corporate & Legal Affairs with commercial responsibility for the roaming and wholesale network operator business. Markus Haas was born in Munich in 1972 and lives with his family in Munich