euro adhoc: Telekom Austria AG / Personnel / Hannes Ametsreiter Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Telekom Austria Group (Ad-hoc)

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C.E.O. Interviews

05.03.2009

Vienna, March 5, 2009: The Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US:
TKAGY) today announced that Hannes Ametsreiter has been appointed by
the Supervisory Board as the successor to Boris Nemsic as Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Telekom Austria
Group and Chief Executive Officer of mobilkom austria AG as of April
1, 2009. Hannes Ametsreiter also remains Head of the Fixed Net
segment. Together with Hans Tschuden, who is Vice Chairman of the
board and Chief Financial Officer he will lead the Telekom Austria
Group.

"Together with my colleague Hans Tschuden, I am looking forward to
continuing to execute our strategy in line with the criterias
recently laid out," comments Hannes Ametsreiter, newly appointed
Chief Executive Officer of the Telekom Austria Group.

"With the appointment of Hannes Ametsreiter, the Supervisory Board
has unanimously chosen one of the most internationally renowned
telecoms managers. The wealth of experience as well as his strong
national and international sector expertise ideally qualifies Hannes
Ametsreiter for the role as Chief Executive Officer. Through this
appointment, the seamless execution of the ongoing company´s strategy
is guaranteed. I have full trust in the management team, Hannes
Ametsreiter and Hans Tschuden, and I am confident that they will run
the Telekom Austria Group to the benefits of all its stakeholders,"
states Peter Michaelis, Head of the Supervisory Board of the Telekom
Austria Group.

The contract of Hannes Ametsreiter will expire on 31.12.2013 and the
contract of Hans Tschuden will run until 31.03.2012.

Hannes Ametsreiter: Hannes Ametsreiter, born 1967 in Salzburg, earned
a PhD from the University of Salzburg and participated in an MBA
program at the Pepperdine University, USA. He started his career as
international brand assistant manager at Procter & Gamble and joined
mobilkom austria in 1996. He held several management positions in the
marketing and product communications departments before he became
Chief Marketing Officer of mobilkom austria in 2001. From July 2005
to June 2006 Ametsreiter was Chief Marketing Officer of Mobiltel
Bulgaria in addition to his function as Chief Marketing Officer at
mobilkom austria. Since 2007 Hannes Ametsreiter has been Chief
Marketing Officer of the Fixed Net segment and of mobilkom austria.
At the beginning of 2009 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
the Fixed Net segment of the Telekom Austria Group in addition to his
function as Chief Marketing Officer at mobilkom austria. In 2008 he
was nominated "European CMO of the Year 2008".

Hans Tschuden: Hans Tschuden was born in 1958. He completed his
studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration and at the International Executive Program INSEAD in
Paris. He started his career in the Wienerberger Group as a
controller in 1989 and became Managing Director of Wienerberger
Rohrsysteme GmbH in Vienna in 1993. He advanced to Managing Director
of Keramo Wienerberger NV in Belgium in 1995 and of Steinzeug clay
pipe sewage systems in Cologne in 1998. In 1999 he became a member of
the Wienerberger Management Committee and joined the Managing Board
of Wienerberger AG as Chief Financial Officer in May 2001. In October
2006 Hans Tschuden was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the
Telekom Austria Group and in the beginning of 2009 he was also
appointed Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of the Telekom
Austria Group.

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Further inquiry note:

Peter E. Zydek

Head of Investor Relations

Tel.: +43 (0) 59059 1-19001

mailto: peter.zydek@telekom.at

Elisabeth Mattes

Group's Spokeswoman

Tel.: +43 (0) 664 331 2730

mailto: elisabeth.mattes@telekom.at

Branche: Telecommunications Equipment
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