Matthias Buening

Applying for a Board of Directors position

First and Last Name: Matthias Buening

Company Name: EWE TEL GmbH

Current position: Head of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance 

Company Type: Telecom Network Operator

Biography:

Matthias Buening is an authorised signatory and Head of Regulation and Compliance at EWE TEL GmbH. He has helped build up the regional fixed network provider since 2000. He previously worked at the Institute for Information, Telecommunication and Media Law at the University of Muenster. He was admitted to the bar in 2000. He studied law in Muenster and Paris and spent his legal clerkship in Paderborn.

Position statement:

My contribution to the association and its members is to contribute our market experience and arguments and to develop solutions in discussions with the office and other members. I am aware of how valuable quick and well-founded information is for the committees and for the staff at the office. My aim is always to find ambitious, but also pragmatic solutions.  As a regional network operator, also in rural areas, we have gained a lot of experience of challenges and solutions that we can contribute to the political debate.

Your past role(s) and activities in the FTTH Council Europe:

Our company has been a member of the FTTH Council for about a year. Members of my team and I have been involved in committee meetings and in the development of positions and documents. I was also able to contribute to a panel discussion at the to speak at the Autumn General Assembly 2023.