Brussels, December 6, 2007 - The Board of Directors of Mobistar has decided today that Benoit Scheen will lead Mobistar as of January 1st and becomes the new CEO. He will succeed Bernard Moschéni who leaves the company by the end of 2007.
Benoit Scheen joined Mobistar in November 2005 as Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Executive Committee. He was responsible for all commercial and customer related matters within the company, as well in the consumer as in the professional market. He reorganized the operational sales activities which allowed Mobistar to increase its customer base up to more than 3.2 million customers over the past 2 years.
The Board of Directors of Mobistar took this unanimous decision to appoint Benoit Scheen in order to guarantee the best possible continuity for the company. "Benoit has a long experience within the ICT-industry, and was already strongly involved in the daily operational management of the company in his role of CCO. He realized important commercial successes and has a profound understanding of the specific needs of our local consumers and business customers. According to the Board, Benoit Scheen is the right person to address the important strategic challenges the company will face in the future" says Jan Steyaert, chairman of the Board of Directors of Mobistar.
Olaf Swantee, Senior Executive Vice President Orange Group, emphasizes the importance of the appointment of Benoit Scheen: "The rich experience Benoit has gained, his local market knowledge and his personal drive become an additional guarantee for France Télécom to further develop the success of Mobistar in Belgium."
Benoit Scheen (41 years old) has a bachelor and master degree in computer sciences and a bachelor degree in economical and social sciences. He started his carreer in a research program at Siemens-Nixdorf in Germany. In 1991 he started with IBM as a systems analyst. One year later, he joined Compaq where he became soon the sales manager for the major accounts. In August 2000, he was appointed Enterprise Business Unit Director, an assignment he later on combined with the role of Marketing Director. When HP and Compaq merged in May 2002, Benoit was asked to take the international responsibility of the Personal Systems Group in Western and Northern Europe (Benelux, Sandinavia, Baltics, Switserland and Austria). In 2004 he was appointed Vice President and Managing Director of HP Belgium and Luxembourg.