Erik Van den Enden has more than 20 years of financial experience in the fast-moving consumer goods (‘FMCG’) and telecom sector. Before joining Telenet in 2018 as Chief Financial Officer, he held top positions in strategic and financial planning, controlling, treasury, and risk management. Apart from leading Finance, Erik holds responsibility over Telenet’s wholesale business and Strategy and M&A department and led the M&A tracks to sell Telenet’s mobile towers to Digital Bridge and to create the “Wyre” JV with Fluvius.
At AB InBev, Erik served as Vice President Finance Transformation and Carve-Outs. In this position, he led the global integration and transformation of SAB Miller’s financial processes in AB InBev and was responsible for the follow-up of the synergy programme following the acquisition of SAB Miller. Before that, Erik was the driving force for developing and implementing a new strategy for the European market for AB InBev, which led to a renewed increase in turnover from 2015 onwards.
Prior to starting at AB InBev in 2007, Erik Van den Enden worked for three years at Telenet as Interconnect Manager and Product Manager of residential Internet and telephony.
Erik Van den Enden studied Civil Engineering and Electronics at KU Leuven and has also obtained a master’s degree in General Management at Vlerick Management School. He has taken specialist training courses in business and finance at Insead and Wharton University.
Erik Van den Enden is a father of two and enjoys travel, sports (skiing, tennis, and marathon running), and classical music.
