Werner De Laet appointed Chief B2B, Wholesale and Innovation Officer at Orange Belgium
15 Novembre 2018 - 6:49PM
Werner De Laet appointed Chief B2B, Wholesale and Innovation
Officer at Orange Belgium
Press release
Brussels, 15 November 2018
Orange Belgium's Board of Directors has validated the
nomination of Werner De Laet as Chief B2B, Wholesale and Innovation
Officer, starting January 1st, 2019.
Gathering B2B, Wholesale and Innovation
activities under one single management will allow to simplify
Orange Belgium’s organisation and to support the strategic
priorities for the enterprise market, in particular the further
development of convergent and ICT services, as well as the
development of Internet of Things. The new organisation will be put
in place as from January 1st.
Ingrid Gonnissen, who will continue to manage
Orange Belgium’s Enterprise Business Unit until December 31st,
decided to leave Orange at the end of this year to focus on her
independent activities, including board positions and missions.
Werner De Laet will replace Ingrid Gonnissen as of January 1st,
2019. He will remain the CEO of Orange Luxembourg (OLU) until the
end of the year.
Werner De Laet, age 49, has 20 years of
experience at Orange Belgium. In 1998, Werner joined Mobistar as
Financial Information Systems Manager and rapidly rose in the
ranks. From 2006 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of
Mobistar before becoming CEO of Orange Luxembourg in May 2013.
Since October 2016 Werner also became Chief Wholesale &
Innovation Officer of Orange Belgium, in close coordination with
the Orange Group.
Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange Belgium,
declared: "Thanks to Werner’s extensive experience and knowledge of
the ICT sector, he will be of great value for the further
development of our activities on the enterprise market. I would
like to thank Ingrid for her unwavering commitment since 2016 to
serve our B2B customers and in particular for the crucial role she
played in strengthening our sales channels, the collaboration with
the Orange Group and the substantial improvement of our B2B
results.”
Regarding his nomination, Werner De Laet
declared: "Thanks to the excellence of our 4G and mobile IoT
network and the adoption of Unlimited in the business offers, we’ve
got all the cards in hand to offer attractive and innovative
services to our business customers. We will focus particularly on
developing our convergent and ICT services, as well as the
Internet of Things offers for our business customers."
Ingrid Gonnissen declared: “It has been a great
pleasure to lead Orange Belgium B2B, and I am very proud of the
work that we accomplished with all colleagues and partners and of
the great results we reached together. It is now time for me to
focus on new projects. I wish Werner all the best in his new
role.”
Orange Belgium’s Enterprise Business Unit
proposes competitive convergent mobile and landline offers to
small, medium and large companies.
About Orange Belgium
Orange Belgium is one of the leading telecommunication operators
on the Belgian market, with over 4 million customers, and in
Luxembourg through its subsidiary Orange Communications
Luxembourg.
As a convergent actor, we provide mobile telecommunication
services, internet and TV to private clients, as well as innovative
mobile and fixed line services to businesses. Our high-performance
mobile network supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G+ technology and is the
subject of ongoing investments.
Orange Belgium is a subsidiary of the Orange Group, one of the
leading European and African operators for mobile telephony and
internet access, as well as one of the world leaders for
telecommunication services to enterprises.
Orange Belgium is listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange
(OBEL).
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