Peter Sodermans
Biography
- Born in 19/12/1962 in Hasselt (Belgique)
- Nationality Luxemburgish
- Married
Spoken Languages
English ·
French ·
German ·
Luxembourgish ·
Dutch ·
Hobbies
Flying the European skies as a private pilot ·
Quote
Embrace each day with focus and enthusiasm, and let the joy of travel ignite your spirit
Career
Professionnal Experience
- Member of board
- Owner (Boutique Consultancy firm)
- 2005 until today
- Global Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- September 2023 to March 2024
- Director of Government Relations (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- 2022 - 2023
Luxembourg Prime Minister Office
- Senior Advisor SMC (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- 2009 - 2020
- Special Advisor to the CEO (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- 2021 - 2021
- senior advisor Teralink (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- 2006 - 2008
Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV (KPN) (Établissement Public)
- Pan-European business developer & senior contract negotiator (contractor of Direct Engineering)
- 2005 - 2007
Cogent Communications (France)
- Member of management
- Senior Vice President UK & Benelux
- 2004 - 2005
Lambdanet (Germany)
- Member of management
- Vice President Sales & Marketing UK and Benelux
- 2001 - 2004
Firstmark Communications Luxembourg
- Member of management
- co-founder and CEO
- 1999 - 2001
Direct Telecom
- Member of board
- Founder and CEO
- 1998 - 1999
European Telecom
- Member of management
- Managing Director
- 1997 - 1998
Independent Business
- Member of board
- owner
- 1988 - 1997
Swatch Group (Luxembourg, Belgium)
- Member of management
- Regional Sales Director France, United Kingdom and Benelux countries
- 1994 - 1996
Swatch Group (Luxembourg, Belgium)
- Brand Manager Telecom
- 1993 - 1996
Nonnemillen
- Member of management
- International Sales director
- 1992 - 1993
All Phone Center SA
- sales executive
- 1988 - 1989
Expertise
- Artificial intelligence
- 5G
- data centres
- connectivity
- IoT
- influence and negotiation strategies
Associations
Professional associations
LU-CIX
- Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee
- 2019 until today
LU-CIX
- Member of the Executive Committee
- 2016 - 2018
Amcham Luxembourg - American Chamber of Commerce
- Member Digital Committee
- 2015 - 2018
Non-professional associations
Airplane Owners and Pilots Association of Luxembourg
- Board member
- 2015 until today
Airplane Owners and Pilots Association of Luxembourg
- President
- 2018 until today