Diederik Karsten
Diederik Karsten is Managing Director, European Broadband Operations for Liberty Global, Inc. and is based in the Company’s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Mr. Karsten oversees the day-to-day operations of Liberty Global’s broadband operations in 10 European countries, spanning 13.7 million customers and 21.6 million RGUs.
In his prior role, Diederik Karsten served as Managing Director, UPC Netherlands since 2004. Before joining UPC he 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 he held various management positions at PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble in the Netherlands, the US, Germany and the UK.
Mr. Karsten serves on the board of directors of Telenet Group Holding NV. He holds an MBA from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.