Ludo Van den Kerckhove new Managing Director of Atos Origin Belgium and Luxemburg
Zaventem, 14 December 2006 -
Ludo Van den Kerckhove has been appointed Managing Director for Belgium and Luxemburg at Atos Origin, a leading international information technology services provider. Atos Origin employs 47,000 people in 40 countries worldwide. In his function, Van den Kerckhove will be reporting directly to Wilbert Kieboom, CEO Northern European Region and Global C&SI. As a Managing Director, he will be responsible for leading the BeLux activities of the international group and consolidating the company’s strong position in this market.
“I am delighted to join Atos Origin at this time, as it supports a broad variety of Belgian and Luxemburg customers as well as a vast group of large international accounts, in a constantly changing IT services market,” says Ludo Van den Kerckhove. “I look forward to taking up these challenges with an enthusiastic, experienced and highly skilled BeLux team.”
Ludo Van den Kerckhove has over 24 years experience in management positions. After his study in civil electro-technical engineering at the University of Ghent, he worked for Esso, the State University Ghent and start up company InfoSystems. In 1985 he joined Electrabel where he held a variety of management positions including General Manager for Antwerp, B2B Sales Manager for Belgium and Luxemburg and Chief Information Officer. Van den Kerckhove most recently conducted his own consultancy agency. He will start working at Atos Origin Belgium and Luxemburg on the 1st of January 2007.
About Atos Origin
Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company’s annual revenues are more than EUR 5,5 billion and it employs over 47,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at http://www.atosorigin.com.