Tele Atlas Appoints Maarten van Gool As Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
Categories: Industry News GPS / Navigation Systems
‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 8 October 2008 - Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, has named Maarten van Gool its Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration. A new member of Tele Atlas' senior management team, van Gool is responsible for finance and administration, legal, planning and human resources worldwide. He is based in the Netherlands and reports directly to Tele Atlas CEO Bill Henry.
Joining Tele Atlas from measurement instruments and solutions leader Agilent Technologies, Inc., van Gool was most recently the Global Compliance Director for Agilent. He started his career with the company in California just before its public offering and held several finance positions before moving back to Europe in 2004.
"Maarten's extensive financial management background and his global experience make him the ideal person for the position," said Henry. "As Tele Atlas continues to grow worldwide, Maarten will play a key role in improving profitability."
van Gool holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Amsterdam Business School.
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power many of the world's most essential navigation and location-based services (LBS). Through a combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in 1984 and has more than 2,000 staff at offices in 24 countries around the world. Today, Tele Atlas maps are developed with the insight of a community of millions of GPS system users worldwide, who are adding to the company's unmatched network of sources to track and validate changes in real time, and deliver the best digital maps and dynamic content. For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com. Tele Atlas is a subsidiary of TomTom N.V.
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For further information, please contact:
Erin Delaney
Tele Atlas
+1 617 570 6352
erin.delaney@teleatlas.com
Sandra Van Hauwaert
Tele Atlas, EMEA
+32(0)497 25 18 16
Sandra.VanHauwaert@teleatlas.com
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