People: Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY.PK)

Dr. Manfred Balz has been Member of the Management Board responsible for Data Privacy, Legal Affairs and Compliance at Deutsche Telekom AG since October 22, 2008. Dr. Balz served as General Counsel of the Company from 1997 to October 22, 2008. He studied Law at Saint-Petersburg State University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Harvard University and Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen. He holds a Doctorate title in Law. Dr. Balz worked at Max Planck Institute for Private Law from 1969 till 1970. Following research periods in Leningrad and Moscow and at Harvard Law School, he began his career at the German Federal Ministry of Justice in 1974. Dr. Balz also worked as General Counsel of the Treuhandanstalt Berlin, from 1990 to 1993, and was Partner of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1993 to 1997. He has been Member of the Supervisory Board of Arcandor AG (in insolvency) since April 2009.