In December 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal with the ambition of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.

Digitalisation will be at the core of this ambitious program and fibre is key to align the digital and sustainability agendas. As the most sustainable telecommunication infrastructure technology, full-fibre is a prerequisite to achieving the European Green Deal and making the European Union’s economy more sustainable.

The need to work collectively towards a more sustainable society has become a strategic objective of policy makers and the vast majority of private organisations alike. With this context in mind, the sustainability Working Group of the FTTH Council Europe has been created with two key objectives:

Promote full fibre as the most sustainable access network technology and enabler of multiple applications which can contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of our activities. Remote working and learning being the most obvious examples.
Support all stakeholders of the Fibre to the Home value chain in their efforts to make their respective activities more carbon neutral.

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Focus on the Sustainability Committee

In this episode we focus on the key sustainable challenges facing the fibre industry both in the context of the EU taxonomy and of the energy 2030 targets and much more.

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Hans Lötzer

Jun 3, 2024

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Applying for a Board of Directors position

First and Last Name: Hans Lötzer

Company Name: Hamburg Commercial Bank AG

Current position: Head of Project Finance Analysis, Director

Company Type: Finance/Investment

Biography:

I am a Director at Hamburg Commercial Bank for Project Finance Analysis and currently and board member and the Treasurer of the FTTH Council Europe. Overall I have more than 25 years in experience in structuring and underwriting of large scale financial transactions. In my current role I oversee HCOB’s Project Finance Analysis department which is responsible for Structuring, Execution and Portfolio Management of infrastructure loan transactions, including the bank’s significant digital infra structure book. As part of this, the bank maintains and steadily grows a very meaningful portfolio of Fiber transactions in Europe and the US. Effectively all Fiber loans which HCOB is originating or is invited to participate in are passing my desk. Prior to this role I held management for positions in credit risk management in a wide variety of asset classes including i.a. national and international Real Estate, LBOs, Corporates and Shipping. I managed those portfolios and teams throughout growth, but also recessionary cycles. I hold a university degree in Business Administration with majors in finance and audit. Moreover I am a certified banker (Bankkaufmann) and a certified restructuring advisor. In addition to my role as board member and treasurer of the FTTH Council I serve as a board member in a small non-for profit organization supporting research activities in the maritime sector. I am married and live with my wife and two children north of Hamburg, Germany.

Position statement:

Efficient and European wide Fiber rollout and operation is one of the essential infrastructure backbones of our future life and economies. When I was asked to assume the Board and Treasurer’s position after the resignation of a colleague I did this because of importance of Fiber roll-out and operation in Europe as well as the FTTH Counsil’s outstanding work to drive FTTH throughout Europe. I could experience this especially by attending the FTTH Councils Conferences over the last years as well as various Fiber related events Through my current and former positions I do have a deep inside in a wide variety of fiber business models and approaches and also broad knowledge about challenges coming from construction, but also from (difficult) consolidation trends. On the back of this background I am able to take an unbiassed but vocal view on the many fiber related main topics not only from a financial, but also strategic and operational perspective. I am convinced that the view of a bank as one important source of capital in the fiber business should be represented at the board of the FTTH Counsil Europe. Being part of the board in the recent past I experienced not only a lot of fun working with a group of very talented people, but also think that I made valuable contributions the board’s work especially from a financial perspective. Therefore I would be pleased to further dedicate time and effort to support the development of the goals of the FTTH Counsil Europe.

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

Board Member and Treasurer, regular attendee of the FTTH Council Europe's Conderence.

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