Den Haag, 29-1-07
The Supervisory Board of KPN’s German mobile unit E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG has today appointed Thorsten Dirks (43) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dirks, a long-standing member of the E-Plus management and previously Deputy CEO, succeeds Michael Krammer, who left the company in January for personal reasons. Dirks will report to Stan Miller, member of the KPN Board of Management, CEO of KPN Mobile International and chairman of the E-Plus Supervisory Board.
Commenting on the appointment, Stan Miller said: “I am very pleased to welcome Thorsten Dirks to the post of CEO of E-Plus. He has been instrumental in the turnaround of E-Plus and the implementation of our challenger strategy in Germany. His wealth of experience of both the company and the market will be a tremendous asset in successfully driving our challenger business forward.”