Since January 2003, Andreas Albath (49), having the degree of doctor of laws, is Chief Executive Officer of telegate AG. He was previously a Board Member of the renowned directory enquiries service provider 11 88 0.

Born in Münster, Germany, he completed university, doctorate and trainee programs in Berlin in 1989 and then started as a McKinsey-consultant in Düsseldorf. After the fall of the Berlin wall he changed to Gruner+Jahr in 1991. As CFO of Berliner Verlag (Berliner Zeitung, Berliner Kurier) he was responsible for the restructuring of the formerly biggest publishing house in the German Democratic Republic. In 1992, he was promoted CEO of the G+J Berliner Zeitungsdruck GmbH, which he also restructured successfully. In 1995, he additionally became CEO of the Berliner Verlag and assumed the entire responsibility for all newspaper activities of Gruner+Jahr in Berlin.

He founded BerlinOnline, today the most important and successful Internet-portal of the German capital. In January 2000, Andreas Albath secured a stake in DV-Job AG, one of the eldest online job providers in Germany. Here, he became member of the Board. After the merger with StepStone he took over the management of all incorporated German companies. Albath managed the business activities of StepStone Deutschland AG from September 2000 until May 2002  in the position of the sole member of the Board.

Andreas Albath is member of the Supervisory Board of the Company Interactive AG, Bochum and member of the Supervisory Board of the Company Endurance Capital AG, Munich.