What Happened?
San Diego, CA-based KPN has Promoted Erik Hoving as Group Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
For years, KPN makes technology accessible. Here you can read about the developments of the themes that KPN considers important , such as New Life & Work , Security & Privacy and IT infrastructure. Also a transparent and reliable service provider , efficiency in healthcare and sustainability are our top priority. On our page you remain aware of the latest news about our activities, the themes in your life in which technology plays a role and our products and services in the field of telecommunications and ICT. Discover with us for you and your organization the best solutions and feel free .
About the Person
Erik Hoving (born 1963, Eindhoven) describes KPN as “a great Dutch company in a very relevant industry in which a tremendous amount is going to happen in the years ahead”. He is a go-getter, is creative and determined, and has a real winner’s mentality. He studied at the universities of Delft and Rotterdam, and began his career at the end of the 1980s at AT&T NSI, moving three years later to consultancy firm Arthur D. Little, where he worked for ten years. Hoving then pursued his career at Monitor Group and subsequently became CEO of telecom company Zenitel in Brussels. In 2008 he moved to KPN as Chief Technology Officer and CEO NetCo at KPN Mobile International. At KPN he looks back with pride at his contribution to the partnership with the Chinese company ZTE and the positive results of Mobile International in the last few years. He says that his finest moment was realization of the initial plan for the mobile challenger in 2002 in Belgium, when he was still only a consultant for KPN. Hoving regards the new KPN 2011-2015 strategy as an opportunity for KPN to get closer to society. “We ought to be less technocratic and approach the market with more emotion. We need to be more realistic in our decision-making.” With his new department he wants to ensure that KPN focuses more on the long term in the years to come. “We mustn’t just look at the short term: first find the right options and then make a choice. We need to enhance our relevance for our customers and for society.” If you want to choose, you need options, is his motto. Alongside his work with KPN Hoving was a member of the board of Stichting Lezen en Schrijven, which he co-founded. He is also a member of the board of Stichting Toekomst der Techniek. Hoving is married and has four children, loves sport, and good food and wine.
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