Dr. Ralph Rentschler
After receiving a doctorate degree in economics, Dr. Rentschler worked for four years for Robert Bosch GmbH as an expert advisor on business principles and methods. His areas of responsibility included investment analysis and cost accounting. He was Head of Group Controlling and Planning and Reporting Departments at Carl Zeiss from 1992 to 1997. His areas of responsibility included production and investment controlling, controlling of affiliated companies, M&A and strategic planning. Later he became Commercial Manager of Brand Optics Division at Carl Zeiss, where he managed Accounting, Controlling, Data Processing and Purchasing. Dr. Rentschler joined Deutsche Telekom in 2001 and became CFO of the group wide Fixed Net division. With July 2009 Dr. Rentschler has taken over the position as the Financial Director of the new based Board Division Southern and Eastern Europe additionally to his position as the CFO of the fixed net business. Since July 2010 he is the responsible Financial Director for the division of Europe.