23-25 June 2026
Copenhagen
Rainer Deutschmann
Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Axiata Group
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Dr. Rainer Deutschmann brings 25 years of global business and technology leadership experience. He has built, transformed and grown businesses across digital sectors, including Telecommunications, IT Services, Media & Entertainment, Analytics & AI, and FinTech, in mature and emerging markets. His passion is sustainable company value creation.
Rainer is the Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Axiata, a leading telecom and technology asset manager in Asia, serving more than 175 million customers. He also works on the boards of portfolio companies as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director - Boost Holdings, a regional Fintech leader, and Axiata Digital Labs, Axiata’s AI and Digital Transformation platform provider.
Prior to Axiata, Rainer served as the Group Chief Operating Officer at Telia Company, the listed Nordic and Baltic telecom and entertainment market leader, where he also led the group transformation. Before, he was Group Chief Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata, leading its businesses and digital transformation, Chief Product & Innovation Officer at Reliance Jio in India to launch what is now the world’s largest data network, and worked in senior executive leadership positions at Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile International AG, and McKinsey & Company. He served as Non-Executive Director at Rain South Africa Ltd., South Africa’s digital telco, as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Deutsche Telekom UK Ltd., and as Senior Advisor to Bain and McKinsey & Company.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. Summa Cum Laude in Physics at University of Technology Munich. California Institute of Technology. Finance for Senior Executives Harvard Business School.
Rainer is the Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Axiata, a leading telecom and technology asset manager in Asia, serving more than 175 million customers. He also works on the boards of portfolio companies as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director - Boost Holdings, a regional Fintech leader, and Axiata Digital Labs, Axiata’s AI and Digital Transformation platform provider.
Prior to Axiata, Rainer served as the Group Chief Operating Officer at Telia Company, the listed Nordic and Baltic telecom and entertainment market leader, where he also led the group transformation. Before, he was Group Chief Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata, leading its businesses and digital transformation, Chief Product & Innovation Officer at Reliance Jio in India to launch what is now the world’s largest data network, and worked in senior executive leadership positions at Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile International AG, and McKinsey & Company. He served as Non-Executive Director at Rain South Africa Ltd., South Africa’s digital telco, as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Deutsche Telekom UK Ltd., and as Senior Advisor to Bain and McKinsey & Company.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. Summa Cum Laude in Physics at University of Technology Munich. California Institute of Technology. Finance for Senior Executives Harvard Business School.
