Board/Management Information • Jul 24, 2015
Board/Management Information
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The information in this press release is regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial tools permitted for trade on a regulated market.
Mechelen, 24 July 2015 – The executive board of Telenet Group Holding NV (hereafter 'Telenet') has taken note of the resignation of Mr Stefan Descheemaeker (as permanent representative of SDS Invest NV) as independent director and as chairman of Telenet's audit committee. Pursuant to section 18.4 of Telenet's articles of association, the other directors have decided to co-opt Mr Jo van Biesbroeck with immediate effect (as permanent representative of JoVB, a limited liability company (BVBA/SPRL) under Belgian law) as a new independent director and appoint him as chairman of Telenet's audit committee. The next general meeting of Telenet will decide on the definitive appointment of Jo van Biesbroeck.
Bert De Graeve, chairman of the executive board, comments: 'I'm very pleased that we're able to coopt Mr Van Biesbroeck as independent director and appoint him as chairman of Telenet's audit committee. Mr Van Biesbroeck has built up years of experience and expertise at AB Inbev, where service and quality are top priorities. He is familiar with the Belgian context in which Telenet operates, but he also has extensive international experience and a wealth of strategic and financial knowledge. The executive board is looking forward to working together with him.'
Finally, the current directors and the management of Telenet would like to thank Mr Stefan Descheemaeker explicitly for his extremely valuable commitment to developing Telenet into one of the most efficient and innovative cable companies in the world.
Since 2014, Jo Van Biesbroeck (59) has been Chief Strategy Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (formerly known as InBev SA and Interbrew) where he also started his career in 1978. Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world's leading brewer and is amongst the world's top five companies operating consumer goods. Mr Van Biesbroeck held various positions in controlling and finance and was Senior Vice-President of Corporate Strategy, Chief Business Development Officer, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, Chief Sales Officer, and Zone President Western Europe in that order. As of 1 September 2015, Jo Van Biesbroeck will become manager of RSC Anderlecht.
Jo Van Biesbroeck obtained a Master's degree in Economics at the Roman Catholic University of Leuven. He is also an independent and non-executive director of Kinepolis Group NV.
For more information contact:
Press Isabelle Geeraerts, spokeswoman for Telenet [email protected] Tel: +32-15-335544
About Telenet
Telenet is a leading provider of media and telecommunication services. The company's core business is to provide cable television, highspeed Internet, and landline and mobile telephone services to mainly residential clients in Flanders and Brussels. Telenet also supplies services to companies in Belgium and Luxembourg. Telenet is listed on the Brussels Euronext stock exchange under the TNET symbol. For more information, visit www.telenet.be.
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