Nicolas Vanden Abeele holds the position of Chief Executive Officer for Ascom Holding AG and Managing Director at Abbos Consult Vof.

He is also on the board of Balta Group NV and Accelium Bvba.

In his past career he occupied the position of Head-Entertainment Division at Barco NV, President-Insulation Division & Asian Region at Etex NV and Head-Strategy & Ventures Carrier Networks at Alcatel-Lucent AG.

Mr. Vanden Abeele received an MBA from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, a graduate degree from College of Europe and a graduate degree from Solvay Business School of Economics & Management.