Stefan Winghardt

Background

About Stefan Winghardt

Co-Managing Director of the international Telco Group BT for the country affiliates in Germany and in Austria. • Heading the Legal Department for BT in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and CEE incl. Russia. • General Counsel responsibility for all matters regarding Legal, Corporate Governance, Regulation and Compliance in DACH and CEE. • Direct Management Responsibility for the BT Business Improvement Department in Germany. • Reporting to the BT Global Services VP Regional Counsel Europe. • Member of the European Board of the national legal BT General Counsels with a direct reporting line to group management in London. • Member of the German Management Board reporting to the President Continental Europe. • Interface function and cross-divisional responsibility on Compliance and Regulation for the overall BT business activities in DACH and CEE, including the affiliate BT Stemmer GmbH. • Head and Sponsor of the international BT Practice Group “Data & Security” comprising BT Legal representatives and Data Protections Officers from all European countries. • 20 years strategic and operational experience on international legal consulting and management. • 8 years of experience in private practice having achieved Junior Status at the law firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins. • Fully qualified German lawyer with the 2nd state examination completed “with distinction”. • International legal qualification as “Master of Laws in Comparative Law” in Miami / USA. • Doctorate in international Copyright Law and European Law. • Member of the Extended Presidium of the key professional telco association VATM.