Mr. Hamid Akhavan, born in 1961, graduated from the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He received a Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the same fields. Mr. Akhavan was appointed Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom, responsible for the Mobile Communication Business Area, on December 5, 2006. Additionally, in his role as Chief Ex-executive Officer of T-Mobile International AG, he leads the management of the mobile communications companies in Western, Southern and Eastern Europe and also those European national companies that are present in both fixed and mobile communication areas. |