Chris van Zinnicq Bergmann, Managing Director, EMEA, Pacnet, Netherlands
Chris van Zinnicq Bergmann is Managing Director of Pacnet Europe, Middle East and South Asia. He is responsible for sales across these regions and also oversees Pacnet's IRU and Voice businesses. Mr Van Zinnicq Bergmann was previously Pacnet's Vice President of IRU Sales and is currently based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mr Van Zinnicq Bergmann was a member of the team that started the operations of Asia Global Crossing in Los Angeles in 1999 and was instrumental in the implementation of joint ventures which were required for the landing of the EAC system in various countries throughout the region. During the transition of AGC to Pacnet, he moved to Singapore to run the company's business development activities in Southeast Asia and India (2002 to 2005) and became subsequently Managing Director, Southeast Asia and India (2005 to 2007).
Prior to his time in the US and the Asia Pacific region, Mr Van Zinnicq Bergmann spent a total of 6 years in the European telecom sector, where he held corporate as well as sales related positions at BT, Unisource (a joint venture between KPN, Telia and Swisscom) and AT&T-Unisource.
Mr Van Zinnicq Bergmann has a Masters degree in Dutch Law from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and an MBA degree from Henley Business School in the UK.
