Koen Vermeulen

Koen Vermeulen is the Orange Chief Information Officer for the Group, and Senior Vice President of Orange Innovation IT and Services. He has a wealth of experience spanning 22+ years in telco and internet industries, digital transformation and innovation.

Under his leadership as CIO, he is accelerating the implementation of a digital and information strategy that is transformative in its ambition to deliver cutting-edge solutions for the retail and business customers in 27 countries.

And, as SVP, he is responsible for a global network of research and innovation teams present on four continents which carry out research, anticipation and in-field deployment of infrastructures, technologies and processes required to introduce innovative B2C and B2B services across the Orange group footprint.

Previously, he was successively IT Transformation Director and Chief Information Officer of the Orange France Business unit and has successfully contributed to the transformation of Orange France IT. Before joining the Orange Group in 2012, Koen was the IT Director of Belgacom/Proximus.

Koen is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viaccess-Orca, a global solutions provider of OTT, content and advanced data solutions for a personalised TV experience; and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SoftAtHome which creates software for operators to deploy services for connectivity, pay TV and Smart Home products.

Koen is a Commercial Engineer Computer Sciences, graduated from the KU Leuven in Belgium.