Telenet Group has announced the resignation of Stefan Descheemaeker as independent director and as chairman of Telenet's audit committee and the company appointed Mr. Jo van Biesbroeck with immediate effect as a new independent director and appoint him as chairman of Telenet's audit committee. The next general meeting of Telenet will decide on the definitive appointment of Jo van Biesbroeck. Bert De Graeve, chairman of the executive board.

Mr. Van Biesbroeck has built up years of experience and expertise at AB Inbev, where service and quality are top priorities. He is familiar with the Belgian context in which Telenet operates, but he also has extensive international experience and a wealth of strategic and financial knowledge. Since 2014, Jo Van Biesbroeck has been Chief Strategy Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (formerly known as InBev SA and Interbrew) where he also started his career in 1978.