Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization 
De Persgroep
Location Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Since one year CEO of De Persgroep Publishing, managing all newsmedia, magazines and online services of De Persgroep in Belgium.
Before joining De Persgroep about 3 years ago , Koen worked for 15 years in telecommunications, of which he last 4 years as VP Marketing and Products of the Swiss cable operator upc cablecom in Zurich. Prior to that
Koen worked for 11 years at Telenet, the leading cable operator in Belgium, in several marketing positions. Koen is passionate about innovation and especially the way in which technology helps to fulfill existing consumer needs in a more efficient way. In the past years he has played a leading role in he development of Topics (2015), a new innovative way to consume high quality personalized news, and also the development and launch of the digital TV platform of Telenet in Belgium (2005).
