Altice appointed Jurgen Van Breukelen, partner for the past 15 years and formerly CEO and Country Senior Partner of KPMG in the Netherlands, as a new independent non-executive director of the board. His appointment is required to be confirmed by the next general meeting of Altice. Van Breukelen has also been appointed as chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Remuneration Committee.

He will serve on the board for a three-year period commencing on 1 July. It is expected that Van Breukelen will be nominated to serve as independent chairman of the board of directors and chairman of the Audit Committee of Altice N.V. following the merger of Altice S.A. into Altice N.V.