Christian Kern

Christian Kern is Director Investor Relations of Telefónica Deutschland since 2020. He transferred from Telefónica Group which he joint as Director of Investor Relations in 2018 from STJ Advisors where he was regional Chairman & Managing Director. Prior to these appointments, Christian has been Head of European Equity Research at J.P.Morgan based in London. Under his leadership J.P.Morgan’s European Equity Research Department has achieved Top3 firm ranks in the All-Europe Institutional Investor Survey in 2016 and 2015. Prior to this, Christian has been Head of CEEMEA (Ex-Russia) Equity Research as well as MENA Equity Research based in Dubai and a long standing top-rated Telecoms analyst. Christian joined J.P.Morgan from Lehman Brothers in London where he has been Co-Head of the Telecoms team that was consistently No1 ranked in the All-Europe Institutional Investor Survey (2002-2008). His earlier responsibilities include 8 years with Citi as Director in London and he has worked in corporate finance for Communications Equity Associates in New York as well as goetzpartners in Munich. Christian gained an MBA with a major in finance from Columbia Business School in New York and an MS in engineering from Technical University of Munich.