Ron Sommer

Ron Sommer is currently a Director at Weather Investment Co. SRL.
He previously held the position of Chairman-Management Board at Deutsche Telekom AG from 1995 to 2002.
From 2009 to 2019, he was the Chairman of Mobile TeleSystems PJSC and Vodafone Ukraine.
He was also the Chairman of Sky Link JSC from 2009 to 2010 and Chairman & Secretary of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. from 2013 to 2015.
Dr. Sommer was the Chairman of Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH from 1986 to 1990 and President & Chief Operating Officer of Sony Corporation of America from 1990 to 1995.
He was also the President & Chief Operating Officer of Sony Europe GmbH from 1993 to 1995.
Additionally, he served as a Director at Motorola, Inc. from 2004 to 2009 and Wind Telecom SpA from 2006 to 2011.
Dr. Sommer was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. from 2011 to 2019 and a Member-Supervisory Board at Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG from 2014 to 2018.
He was also a Director at Sistema Mass Media JSC from 2009 to 2011 and served as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Director & Head-Telecommunications Assets Unit at Sistema PJSFC.
Dr. Sommer received a doctorate degree from the University of Vienna in 1971.