Charles Fraenkl | Source | CEO at Canary (home security)

Smartfrog CEO Charles Fraenkl is an internet and telco veteran. Prior to Smartfrog, he was the
CEO of Gigaset AG, a leading communication technology company listed on the prime standard
of German stock-exchange and Europe’s market leader in DECT phones with sales activities in
70 countries worldwide and over 1,200 employees. Gigaset is also a pioneer and provider of
award winning smart home and IoT solutions ‘Gigaset elements’. Elements was developed and
brought to market under Fraenkl’s leadership. Before that, Charles was CEO of ClickandBuy,
CEO of AOL Germany, CEO of Vodafone Telecommerce Group, Head of Technology of
Vodafone, Member of the Executive Board of e-plus and a Managing Director of Swisscom.

Charles Fraenkl hails from Switzerland and graduated with a master’s degree in electrical
engineering with concentration in telecommunications from the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology). He also holds a Master of Science in Management from the London
Business School and speaks 5 languages.