René Obermann
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Airbus SE, Leiden, Netherlands
Chairperson Europe, Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Member of the following Supervisory Board Committees:
Audit and Compliance Committee, Government Security Committee, Nomination Committee
Fields of Expertise
Innovation, Research & Development
Software Industry
Finance and Accounting
Strategy
Human Resources and Social Responsibility
Supervision, Monitoring, Corporate Governance and Business Conduct
| Education | |
| 1984 – 1986 | Traineeship as industrial business management assistant, BMW AG, Munich, Germany |
| 1986 – 1988 | Studies of economics at Westfalian University (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität), Muenster, Germany |
| Career | |
| 1986 – 1991 | ABC Telekom GmbH, Muenster, Germany – Founder and Managing Director |
| 1991 – 1998 | Hutchison Mobilfunk GmbH (formerly: ABC Telekom GmbH), Muenster, Germany – Managing Director; from 1993: CEO |
| 1998 – 2002 | T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, Germany – Managing Director; from 2000: CEO |
| 2001 – 2006 | T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG, Bonn, Germany – Member of the Executive Board, responsible for European Operations & Group Synergies; from 2002: Chairperson of the Executive Board |
| 2002 – 2013 | Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, Germany – Member of the Group Executive Board, responsible for Mobile Operations of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile International); from 2006: Chairperson of the Group Executive Board |
| 2014 | Ziggo B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands – CEO |
| Since 2015 | Warburg Pincus, LLC, London, United Kingdom: 2015 – 2018 Managing Director; Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany: 2018 – 2024 Managing Director; 2021 – 2024 Co-Head of Europe; since 2024: Chairperson Europe |
Other board memberships
Membership of other supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of publicly listed companies:
Supervisory Board, IONOS Group SE, Montabaur, Germany
Board of Directors, Airbus SE, Leiden, Netherlands (chair)
Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of non-public companies:
None