Theo Dilissen is a Belgian businessman and basketball player. Since October 2004, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgacom.
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Theo Dilissen graduated in Sociology and holds a Master in Business Administration.
He started his career at ISS, a Danish company, where he became COO and Member of the Board. From 2000 to 2004 he was active Real Software, a Belgian ICT company. From 2001 onwards he was the CEO of Real Software, and performed a restructuring in order to recover the company. Real Software following an M&A is currently known as RealDolmen. From 2005 to 2009 he was CEO and Chairman of Aviapartner, a Belgian airport services provider. From June 2010 he was appointed CEO and Chairman of Arcadis Belgium. Arcadis is an international company providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in the fields of infrastructure, water, environment and buildings.
Since 2004, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgacom. He joined the Advisory Board of Waterland Private Equity Investments on 1 January 2005. He was Belgian Manager of the Year in 2001. Theo Dilissen is a member of VOKA (Flemish employers association) and of UZA (Antwerp University Hospital). Since 2006, he is the president of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.
As a basketball player, he was selected 35 times for the Belgian National Basketball Team.