Taking over from Fabrice de Windt, who is leaving after great accomplishments over the past four years, Nemo will lead the Orange Business activities and development in Europe, supporting further digital transformation for multinational businesses in the region. He will also focus on developing employee and team engagement across the business to serve the company’s growing client base.
An experienced leader with a successful track record in the telecoms space with more than 20 years of selling complex ICT solutions to support business objectives, Nemo joins Orange Business from NTT where he managed their workplace, customer experience and digital practices globally. He has also held senior strategy level roles at Dimension Data and Euricom.
“Nemo is passionate about innovation, digital disruption and bringing vision and executable strategy to the table, which makes him a great fit for Orange Business,” said Kristof Symons, Executive Vice President, International Business, Orange Business. “We’re also excited about leveraging his skillsets around team collaboration to achieve common goals – something he gained particular interest in after participating in the Harvard Business School Executive Education program for Leadership Development.”
“Over the last few months, we’ve seen massive acceleration of digital transformation across the globe – which is now top of mind for most businesses in the region. With the right assets, solutions, expertise and people, Orange Business is well positioned as a top network-native digital services company,” said Nemo Verbist. “I’m really excited about joining Orange and look forward to leading and enabling our fantastic European team to grow our business across the region.”
Katie is a marketing professional with 12 years of experience in the telecommunications sector and is currently Head of Marketing, Europe for Orange Business. When Katie is not working she, likes to spend time with her two young sons.