Dieter Nieuwdorp appointed SVP Strategy & Corporate Development

Telenet announced today that Dieter Nieuwdorp (39) will be appointed as the new Senior Vice-President Strategy & Corporate Development on 1 May 2014. He will also become a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and will report directly to John Porter, CEO of Telenet.

Dieter Nieuwdorp has worked at the Telenet Legal department as VP Corporate Counsel & Insurance since March 2007. In his new role as SVP Strategy & Corporate Development, he will take charge of Telenet's strategy department, succeeding Vincent Bruyneel who will become the new VP Strategy and Corporate Development at Liberty Global as of 1 May 2014.

Dieter Nieuwdorp will combine management of the strategy department with his current role as Secretary of the Board of Directors at Telenet.

"Telenet has several talented managers in its ranks. Following Dieter Nieuwdorp's promotion, I want to stimulate internal promotion. Dieter is in fact a Telenet employee pur sang. He has been closely involved in all major decisions over the past years. This means he has extensive knowledge, which makes him the ideal candidate to fill this role." says John Porter, CEO of Telenet.

Dieter Nieuwdorp studied Law at the Catholic University of Leuven and obtained a Master of Law at Pennsylvania University. He started his career as a lawyer at Loeff Claeys Verbeke and in 2001 also moved to Allen & Overy. In 2007, he left the Bar to join Telenet as Corporate Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors.

Dieter Nieuwdorp is Belgian, married and father of three children. He currently lives in Herent.

We already mentioned that Vincent Bruyneel's current tasks will be taken over by two other Telenet SLT members: Investor Relations will be CFO Birgit Conix's responsibility as of 1 May, Ann Caluwaerts, Sr VP Corporate Affairs & Media, will manage the Corporate communication department as of 1 May.

For more information about Telenet, contact:
Stefan Coenjaerts, spokesman Telenet,
T: 015/33.55.44
E: stefan.coenjaerts@staff.telenet.be

About Telenet

Telenet is a leading provider of media and telecommunication services. Its business comprises the provision of cable television, high-speed internet and fixed and mobile telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels Telenet also delivers services to companies in Belgium and Luxembourg. Telenet is listed on Euronext Brussels under ticker symbol TNET. For more information, please go to www.telenet.be.

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