Alain De Taeye

Member of Management Board at TomTom

Alain De Taeye is a member of TomTom’s Management Board. Lauded as the ‘man who rocked the mapping world’, Alain has dedicated his career to the digitization of maps and routing.

Alain founded Informatics & Management Consultants (I&M), which, in 1989, was integrated into the Dutch Tele Atlas group which he eventually headed.

At Tele Atlas, Alain focused the company on the digitalization and commercialization of geospatial content and successfully introduced the company to the Frankfurt and Amsterdam stock exchanges.

In 2008, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas and Alain joined the TomTom Management Board. De Taeye's vision and leadership at TomTom have brought consistency in the company’s geospatial content strategy, offering new dimensions and innovations including the introduction of TomTom’s specialized maps and streaming technologies for automated driving.

Alain is a Belgian national, based in Amsterdam. He has graduated as an engineer-architect from Ghent University.

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  • Member of Management Board

    Current role