Srini Gopalan is chief operating officer of T-Mobile. He has been appointed to succeed Mike Sievert as chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1, 2025.

As COO, Srini brings extensive global experience in technology, telecommunications and business operations, driving results through operational excellence, digital innovation and customer-first strategies. He has advanced T-Mobile’s digital transformation, strengthened execution and customer experience across the Consumer and Business groups, and continues to evolve the company into a more data-driven, AI-enabled, digital-first organization.

As he prepares to assume the CEO role, Srini is focused on building from a position of strength — ensuring T-Mobile continues to reimagine what’s possible for customers and unleashing the Un-carrier’s next era of growth.

Before joining the leadership team, Srini served on T-Mobile’s board of directors, contributing to the success of the Un-carrier strategy. Prior to T-Mobile, Srini was CEO of Deutsche Telekom Germany, where he doubled the company’s growth rate, expanded fiber to millions of homes and achieved record mobile market share. Earlier, as a Deutsche Telekom board member for Europe, he helped transform the business into one of the region’s fastest-growing telecom operations with industry-leading customer satisfaction. Srini also had senior roles at Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Capital One.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.