Christoph Vilanek is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies and currently is Chairman for Ströer Management SE, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Exaring AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA and Chief Executive Officer at freenet AG. Mr. Vilanek is also on the board of Netzpiloten AG, Sunrise Communications AG, Sunrise Communications Group AG and CECONOMY AG.

In the past Mr. Vilanek held the position of Joint Managing Director at ipublish Ganske Interactive Publishing Gmbh, Managing Director at Boo.com GmbH, Director-Business Development of Time Life International GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for mobilcom-debitel GmbH, Managing Director at Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH, Engagement Manager at Mckinsey & Co., Inc. (Germany), Head-Electronic Publishing at Gräfe und Unzer Verlag GmbH, Vice President-Customer Care at debitel AG and Marketing Director for NE GmbH.

Christoph Vilanek received an undergraduate degree from the University of Innsbruck.