Vantage Towers has announced the appointment of Christian Hillabrant as chief executive officer (CEO) of the group. The appointment is expected to become effective in approximately two months.
Prior to the appointment, Hillabrant was the chief operating officer (COO) at US-based Tillman Infrastructure. He has also held senior positions at Ericsson, where he was latterly COO for Europe/North America running businesses across 16 countries. He was also a member of Ericsson Telecommunications GmbH’s Supervisory Board based in Germany. Earlier, he was at T-Mobile USA, where he was regional vice president.
Until Hillabrant starts, Thomas Reisten will continue as the interim CEO and chief financial officer (CFO).
Commenting on the appointment, Dr Rüdiger Grube, chairman, Supervisory Board of Vantage Towers AG, said, “I am delighted to welcome Christian to the management board of Vantage Towers. He is a veteran in the telecoms sector and brings considerable experience of the towers industry. Most recently, Christian has had an impressive track record at Tillman, where he led an operational and commercial strategy which accelerated tower roll-out and grew key customer relationships. I look forward to working with him to drive our strategy to enable Europe’s digital transformation and to benefit from the attractive long-term trends in the tower industry across the continent. While we wait for Christian to join, Thomas will continue to drive the business forward as interim CEO and CFO with the full support of the Supervisory Board.”
Meanwhile, Hillabrant said, “I am pleased to be appointed chief executive of Vantage Towers and to join the management board. Vantage Towers is a business with exciting prospects, and I am looking forward to working with Thomas and the wider team to capture the structural growth opportunities from mobile coverage obligations and the ever-increasing end-user demand for data.”
