Säde Thomkins appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Detecon

Zurich, Switzerland – 4 August– T-Systems together with the Detecon Board has appointed Säde Thomkins as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and member of the Global Executive Team at Detecon, effective 1 August 2025.

With this appointment, Säde transitions into a new leadership role after many successful years with Detecon. Her deep experience in HR transformation, leadership development, and cultural change, combined with her strong connection to the organization, make her a perfect fit to shape the future of HR at Detecon.

“We’re very pleased to see Säde take on this important role,” said Jürgen Schäfer, CEO of Detecon. “She brings outstanding HR and consulting expertise as well as a deep understanding of our people, values, and culture to the team. Säde will play a key role in further strengthening our position as a people-centric, global management consultancy.”

Over the past six years, Säde has led Human Resources at Detecon Alpine and served on the Alpine Executive Board. Before moving into HR leadership, she worked as a management consultant at Detecon, specializing in HR transformation and organizational change.

“I’m honored to take on the role of CHRO at Detecon,” said Säde Thomkins. “I look forward to continuing to build a strong culture, foster talent development, and make Detecon an even greater place to work. Together, we will shape a future-ready HR function that supports our people, empowers leadership, and drives sustainable growth.”

About Detecon

We are Detecon. Think, do, transform: Guiding our customers with our outstanding expertise and an inspiring enthusiasm, we deliver digital transformation all the way by engineering it.

Based on our experience as management consultants in digitization, our clients value us as trusted advisors for more than four decades. By joining forces with them, we lead them on their transformation journey into a sustainable, data driven and highly-connected future.

As an independent company within the Deutsche Telekom Group, digital expertise is an essential part of our corporate DNA – from network infrastructure to 5G campus networks to the development of smart mobility solutions, from the design of digital ecosystems to the adaptation of working environment and collaboration.

With more than 1.100 employees in our offices worldwide as well as highly qualified consultants from more than 50 nations, we have both the quality and the quantity to build long lasting relationships for longterm solutions.