BICS on Tuesday announced the the company's appointment of Matteo Gatta as new CEO of the company. Joseph Burton, former CEO of Poly, has been appointed as new CEO of TeleSign, the USA based subsidiary of BICS,
Proximus and the other shareholders, MTN and Swisscom, want to explicitly thank outgoing CEO Daniel Kurgan for his passion and dedication as CEO for almost 14 years, driving the company’s strategic transformation to become a leading international communications enabler, and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
The board decided to appoint Matteo Gatta, currently Director Network Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships at Proximus, as CEO of BICS with immediate effect.
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.
