Englewood, Co.,USA - September 30, 2010, Englewood, Co.,USA - Liberty Global, a cable operator, announced that it will appoint Diederik Karsten to the position of managing director of European Broadband Operations, effective January 1, 2011.
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Diederik Karsten will succeed Gene Musselman who will retire at the end of this year from the position of President and COO of UPC Broadband.
Gene Musselman will continue to assist Liberty Global in Germany as CEO of Unitymedia, and will serve as special advisor to the CEO of Liberty Global on various strategic and operating initiatives.
Mr. Karsten has served as Managing Director, UPC Netherlands since 2004. In his new capacity as Managing Director, European Broadband Operations for Liberty Global he will oversee the day-to-day operations of LGI's cable businesses spanning 10 European countries, 13.5 million customers and 19.9 million RGUs at June 30, 2010.
Mr. Karsten will also remain a board member of Telenet, LGI’s Belgian subsidiary. Based in Amsterdam, Karsten will become an executive officer of Liberty Global.
Before joining UPC, Mr. Karsten served as CEO of KPN Mobile (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and others) and served as a non-executive Board Member of Easyjet PLC in the UK.
Before that time Mr. Karsten held various senior management positions at PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble in the Netherlands, the US, Germany and the UK. He holds an MBA from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
Mr. Musselman, currently President and COO of UPC Broadband, announced his decision to retire from day-to-day operations, effective at the end of this year, having served almost 20 years in various roles with Liberty Global and its predecessor companies and over 35 years in the cable business.
In order to complete the integration of Unitymedia in Germany, Mr. Musselman has agreed to stay on as CEO until a replacement is identified, at which point it is expected that he will remain in a senior advisory role.
Mr. Musselman will also remain a Board member of Telenet. In addition, Gene Musselman also has agreed to serve as a special advisor to the CEO of Liberty Global working on various strategic and operating initiatives.
Mr. Dunn, Managing Director of UPC Ireland since 2006, is expected to succeed Diederik Karsten as Managing Director of UPC Netherlands, effective January 1, 2011. From 2000 to 2006 Mr. Dunn served as Managing Director, Finance and Accounting and then CFO of UPC Broadband in Amsterdam. ■