Presenters
Duco Sickinghe
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Telenet
Duco
Sickinghe has worked for nearly 20 years in technology and media. Mr. Sickinghe began his career
in finance with Hewlett-Packard, in its European headquarters in Switzerland. He then moved
to Germany to head up the LaserJet product line for Europe. He served at NeXt Computer as
Vice President, Marketing, then as General Manager, France. He was Co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Software Direct, which later became a joint venture with Hachette in Paris.
Mr. Sickinghe joined Wolters Kluwer in 1996 and, as General Manager of Kluwer Publishing in
the Netherlands, oversaw its transition to electronic media and reengineered the company's traditional
business. In early 2001 he joined Cable Partners Europe and was appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of Telenet in the summer of 2001. Mr. Sickinghe is also a Member of the Board of
Directors of Zenitel NV. He holds a Dutch Master’s Degree in Law and a Master's Degree
in Business Administration from Columbia University.

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