Thomas Ried

Chief Operating Officer

Thomas Ried has been Chief Operating Officer at Deutsche Funkturm since March 2023. In this role, he is responsible for Asset and Rental Management, IT, Vendor Management and Procurement.

He joined Deutsche Telekom AG at its central service in Hanover in 1991, first as a Cost and Investment Controller and as Staff Manager from 1996 on. In 1999, he transferred to the Telekom headquarters in Bonn. Here he worked as a Consultant in Investment Controlling for a few months before becoming the Assistant to the Corporate Controlling Manager. In 2003, he worked in Berlin as the Manager of Controlling for Business Customers and returned to Bonn a year later as the Manager of Planning and Reporting Systems. From 2005 to 2007, Thomas Ried managed Financial Controlling first in Hanover and then in Bonn.

From 2012 to February 2023, Thomas Ried was Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Funkturm and in this role was responsible for the areas of Finance as well as Human Resources and Legal Affairs. From 2015 to 2017, he also held the position of Managing Director for Finance at PASM GmbH.