The new Dutch team will see its CEO named this summer, as the current CEO Mark Klein is leaving in September to join German insurer Ergo. Martin Knauer, managing director at DT's low-cost brand Congstar in Germany, will take over the consumer activities in the Netherlands from Marco Kind as of 01 July.
CFO Freddy Dijkman will be replaced on an interim basis by Robert Jelinek-Nacke for six months. Jelinke-Nacke is currently Vice President Free Cash Flow and Operating Working Capitals. Dijkman held the position since 2012.
Rachid El Hattachi replaces Lampros Iskos as CTO. The Dutchman comes from DT in Bonn, where he is currently Senior Vice President Technology Architecture, Innovation & Engineering. Iskos will return to Greece for a new job.
Marieke Snoep, head of the enterprise activities, will be the only member of the Executive Committee, to remain on. She has held numerous management positions over the years, including head of customer operations and since last year director B2B. She will continue with the same activities, including helping build out DT's on the Dutch data centre market.
The new management team follows an aborted attempt by DT to sell T-Mobile Netherlands last year. The number-three operator has struggled in the consolidating Dutch market, after selling its fixed activities in 2014 and missing out on the growing triple- and quad-play market. Under the new mobile-only strategy, it has introduced a new unlimited mobile data plan, is planning to launch its own OTT TV service and is targeting expansion in the business market in order to reverse the erosion in revenues.
