VodafoneZiggo

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VodafoneZiggo Group B.V.
Company type Private (BV)
Industry Telecommunications
Founded31 December 2016;7 years ago (2016-12-31)
Founder
Headquarters,
Netherlands
Area served
Netherlands
Key people
Jeroen Hoencamp (CEO)
Products Mobile telephony and fixed telephony
Owner
Subsidiaries
Website vodafoneziggo.nl

VodafoneZiggo Group B.V. is a Dutch joint venture between Vodafone Group and Liberty Global Plc, announced in February 2016, [1] [2] [3] approved by the European Commission in August 2016 [4] and completed in December 2016. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

VodafoneZiggo is headquartered in Utrecht. [9]

Leadership

After the founding, Jeroen Hoencamp was appointed CEO of VodafoneZiggo since 2016. [10] [11] [12] Hoencamp was previously CEO of Vodafone Ireland since 2010. [13] He remains CEO as of 2019. [14]

On 21 May 2024, Vodafone and Liberty Global announced the appointment of Stephen van Rooyen as the CEO of VodafoneZiggo, effective from September 2024. Van Rooyen, previously CEO of Sky UK & Ireland, will succeed Jeroen Hoencamp, who retired, with Ritchy Drost serving as interim CEO until van Rooyen assumes the role. [15]

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