Markus Haas

Markus Haas has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG since January 2017 and has been a member of the Management Board since September 2012. From 2014 to 2017, as Chief Operating Officer (COO), he managed the company's core operating business. His responsibility as COO also included the operational integration of Telefónica and E-Plus following their acquisition in 2014 and the associated successful realization of the expected synergies. Most recently, under his overall management of the company, Telefónica entered the mobile communications market in Germany with the launch of O 2Free, by far the most customer-friendly mobile data product. The qualified lawyer has worked for Telefónica since 1998. In 2009 he became a member of the management board. He played a key role in the takeover and integration of HanseNet, the LTE spectrum auction and the successful IPO of Telefónica Germany. Under his leadership of the negotiations, commercially important, strategic partnerships were concluded, including with Deutsche Telekom AG, Versatel GmbH and Drillisch AG. Markus Haas began his career as a legal and regulatory officer in 1998 at Telefónica in Germany – then still Viag Interkom – and then as executive assistant to the CFO. After that, as Vice President, he headed the Corporate & Legal affairs with commercial responsibility for the roaming and wholesale network operator business. Markus Haas was born in Munich in 1972 and lives in Munich with his family.