Berlin, September 2, 2026. The Supervisory Board of Tele Columbus AG has appointed Sebastian Rudow as a member of the Management Board, effective as of September 2, 2026. In his role as Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), he will in particular advance the ongoing refinancing and oversee the related financing and stakeholder processes.
“Sebastian Rudow brings valuable additional expertise to our Management Board. Together with his Management Board colleagues, Sebastian will drive the ongoing refinancing forward and continue to pursue our strategic course. We are well positioned operationally: Our internet and telephony business continues to perform well, and our transformation and efficiency measures are taking effect. At the same time, we are investing selectively in our fiber and network infrastructure, thereby laying the foundation for further growth,” says Christoph Lüthe, CEO of Tele Columbus AG.
Sebastian Rudow has many years of experience in leading companies through complex transformation processes. In various CEO, CFO and CRO roles, he has been responsible for operational and strategic realignment and has guided companies through periods of profound change. His areas of expertise include financial stabilization and operational performance improvement, the implementation of restructuring plans, and the management of complex financing and stakeholder processes.
“I am very pleased to be joining Tele Columbus and to be working with the Management Board and the entire team to implement the next steps of the refinancing. Our aim is to further strengthen financial stability, improve operational performance and thereby create the basis for the company’s sustainable development,” says Sebastian Rudow, member of the Management Board and Chief Restructuring Officer of Tele Columbus AG.
With the appointment of Sebastian Rudow, Tele Columbus is strengthening clear responsibility for the further implementation of the refinancing and the related financing and stakeholder processes.
The Management Board of Tele Columbus AG now comprises Christoph Lüthe (CEO), Christian Biechteler (CSO HI&I), Jochen Busch (CCO), Tim Rhönisch (CFO) and Sebastian Rudow (CRO).
About us
With a reach of around three million households, Tele Columbus AG is one of Germany’s leading fiber optic network operators. Under the PŸUR brand, the company offers gigabit internet, telephony and an entertainment platform for linear television and streaming content. The housing industry finds Tele Columbus to be a powerful partner for cable and fiber optic provision, covering all stages of the value chain – from planning and construction to passive and active network operation, product marketing and customer service. Under the PŸUR Business brand, Tele Columbus provides business customers with location networking, flexibly scalable internet connections, cloud services and high-availability data center solutions on its own fiber optic infrastructure, which comply with German data sovereignty requirements as well as KRITIS and GDPR. The subsidiary RFC provides service, maintenance and installation services nationwide, particularly at network levels 2, 3 and 4. Tele Columbus AG is headquartered in Berlin and has additional locations in Leipzig, Unterfoehring, Hamburg, Ratingen and Chemnitz.
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