T-Mobile names Jessica Uhl CFO successor for February 2027

TL;DR: T-Mobile said on September 4, 2026, that CFO Peter Osvaldik will step down in February 2027 and that Jessica Uhl will succeed him. Uhl will join T-Mobile as CFO-designate in mid-September 2026, and Osvaldik will remain as a strategic adviser before retiring in July 2027.

T-Mobile said on September 4, 2026, that Peter Osvaldik will step down as chief financial officer in February 2027 and that Jessica Uhl will succeed him.

Jessica Uhl, former CFO of Shell and most recently president of GE Vernova, will join T-Mobile as CFO-designate in mid-September 2026 and work alongside Osvaldik during the transition.

Peter Osvaldik joined T-Mobile in 2016 and has served as CFO since 2020. T-Mobile said he will act as a strategic adviser during the transition before his scheduled retirement in July 2027.

The announcement followed reports that Elliott Investment Management had built a stake in Deutsche Telekom and urged the German telecom group to abandon a potential merger with T-Mobile. Reuters reported in April 2026 that Deutsche Telekom, which owns about 54% of T-Mobile, had been exploring a merger that would create a transatlantic telecoms group.