Last updated May 2007
Category: Worldwide
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Thomas Geitner joined BBC Worldwide's Board as a non-executive Director in February 2007.
Thomas is a telecommunications expert whose most recent position was as Executive Director at Vodafone with responsibility for Global Business Integration. He held this post from April 2006 till 2007 and had been a Board director there since May 2000.
He was responsible for establishing Vodafone as a global brand, for the creation and successful launch of Vodafone Live! in 2002 and the establishment of a global supply chain organisation.
In July 2003, he was appointed Vodafone's Director of Business Integration and Chief Technology Officer. In this capacity he initiated and led the One Vodafone programme, established a set of shared service organizations and created the Group's leadership position on 3G across Europe.
Prior to Vodafone, Thomas led a number of engineering businesses and later was responsible for telecommunications at RWE Group and was a member of its Management Board.
