As CEO of the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance, Anita Döhler is excited to support the world’s leading operators, vendors and research institutes. Together with the NGMN Board her goal is to achieve full 5G realization. She will continue to strengthen the NGMN work programme also by further aligning with NGMN’s cooperation partners and exploring new business areas like vertical industry solutions and other future oriented topics. Anita has more than 30 years of experience in various telecommunication fields including 20 years of senior management responsibilities with operators of mobile communication networks and consulting firms. She has extensive experience in new business development and innovation, ecosystem- and partner management, standardization, technology strategy and product management, digital transformation. From 2016 until 2020, Anita Döhler held senior management positions at Accenture, including one of their Industry X.0 Innovation Centers. Prior to joining Accenture, she was 16 years with Vodafone Group as Senior Manager in Technology and Commercial. She also worked at E-Plus Mobilfunk and Philips. She holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Telecommunication Engineering and an executive MBA degree. Further, she is a systemic business coach.