Due to different views on the company’s strategy, the board of directors of BICS and Daniel Kurgan, CEO since 2007, came to the mutual conclusion to end their collaboration. The board of directors of BICS has approved the appointment of Matteo Gatta, currently director network strategy, innovation and partnerships at Proximus, as new CEO of the company.
In his role as CEO, Matteo Gatta will accelerate BICS’ growth and diversification strategy by building the company’s global leadership in digital communications, cloud services, mobility and IoT, while reinforcing BICS’ market leadership in wholesale carrier services. He will report to the board of directors, presided by Guillaume Boutin.
Matteo Gatta has a University Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pavia (Italy), a Master in Information Technology from Cefriel - Polytechnic of Milan and holds an Executive Master in Finance at Solvay Business School (ULB, Brussels).
Matteo joined the Carrier division of the Proximus Group in 2002 after having held various product management positions in Italy and in the UK, especially in mobile and internet access services and software development. He can rely on an impressive track record, having built his career in product management, strategy and innovation while also driving M&A files and partnerships. He has acquired an intensive group-wide expertise over the years, within BICS and Proximus and also as CEO of Scarlet (2008-2011). Over the last years, he has played a crucial role in the definition of Proximus’ long-term technological and business strategy, innovation and partnerships, more particularly in the 5G and Fiber domains. Matteo was already a Board member of BICS, but also of Proximus Luxembourg (Tango – Telindus) and Tessares, as well as founding director of LoRa Alliance (IoT).