Overview
AE is a Belgian business and IT consulting company with its head office at Interleuvenlaan 76 in Heverlee, Leuven. It was registered on 28 July 1999 as a naamloze vennootschap under enterprise number 0466550303, with registered activities in computer programming, computer consultancy and business and management consulting. The company states it has more than 400 consultants and works from five Belgian locations: Leuven, Ghent, Hasselt, Antwerp and Groot-Bijgaarden. Its service lines cover applications, business and IT architecture, cloud and platform engineering, data and AI, digital strategy and innovation, hyperautomation, software quality, customer identity and access management, and digital talent and organisation. Engagement models include managed services, IT consultancy, IT team extension and application development. Christoph Neut is chief executive officer and Bart Michiels is chief operating officer. QuietLoud, formerly named AE Studio, is the AE team that designs and builds digital products. Published client work includes Q8, SD Worx, D'Ieteren, Roularta, Mediagenix, Jan De Nul, Partena Professional, UHasselt, Lecot, Water-link and Billit. AE holds Microsoft Solutions Partner designations for Data & AI and for Digital & App Innovation, plus advanced specialisations for building AI apps on Azure and for migrating enterprise applications to Azure. In October 2025 it announced it was the first Belgian organisation to receive the CyFun Important label from the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium. It states it has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 15 consecutive years.
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 1999
- Headquarters: Leuven (Interleuvenlaan 76, 3001 Heverlee)
- Legal entity: AE NV, enterprise number 0466550303
- Employees: 400+ consultants
- CEO: Christoph Neut
- COO: Bart Michiels
- Offices: Leuven, Ghent, Hasselt, Antwerp, Groot-Bijgaarden
- Services: Applications, business & IT architecture, cloud & platform engineering, data & AI, digital strategy & innovation, hyperautomation, software quality, CIAM, digital talent & organisation
- Customers: Q8, SD Worx, D'Ieteren, Roularta, Mediagenix, Jan De Nul, Partena Professional, UHasselt, Lecot, Water-link, Billit
- Product studio: QuietLoud, formerly AE Studio
- Microsoft status: Solutions Partner for Data & AI and for Digital & App Innovation; advanced specialisations Build AI Apps on Azure and Migrate Enterprise Applications to Azure
- Certification: CyFun Important label, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, October 2025
- Workplace recognition: Great Place to Work for 15 consecutive years
- Contact: info@ae.be, +32 16 39 30 60
Leadership & org chart
In the news
- 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! A great day at Flanders Expo, filled with valuable conversations, fresh perspectives and new connections. At stand 115, we connected with organisations to discuss their digital transformation challenges, from data and AI to modernisation. Our colleague Koen Goovaerts also took the stage to share insights from the CM case, showing how AI can support a pragmatic approach to legacy modernisation: https://lnkd.in/eX9ArVxu A big thank you to
- Proud to see our client Q8 nominated for the Storyblok Headless Hero Award. Great work by the Q8 teams, and thanks to our partner Storyblok for the recognition. Fingers crossed at JoyConf 2026! 🤞 #AE #PartnerInDigitalExcellence
- Q8 has been nominated for the Storyblok Headless Hero Award at the JoyConf Customer Awards 2026! Over the past few years, we’ve changed how we build and manage our websites. Q8, Tango and Q8Truck share one flexible digital foundation across multiple brands and markets. The impact is real: when we needed a new Q8 website in the Netherlands for electric mobility, we went live in just one sprint. We reused the platform, components, and design system we’d already built. That's the power of building for reuse instead of starting from
- 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Tomorrow, we're heading to Flanders Expo in Ghent! 👋 Visit us at stand 115 to connect with our team and discuss digital transformation. Don't miss Koen Goovaerts' session on Agentic Legacy Modernisation, exploring how AI can support the transformation of legacy environments. Attending? Come and say hi. We'd love to connect! #Trefdag26 #AE #PartnerInDigitalExcellence
- 𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲 𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗭! 📺 In de eerste aflevering van onze reeks met Securex gingen onze collega Yves Helsen en Valerie Taerwe van AE in gesprek met Isabelle Hoebrechts over de vraag: War for Talent: Game Over? De zoektocht naar talent gaat niet alleen over nieuwe mensen aantrekken, maar ook over hoe we het werk organiseren. En daar kwamen automatisering en AI ter sprake. Want een
- War for Talent: Game Over? AI is reshaping the way we work. But what does that mean for the future of talent? Our colleague Valerie Taerwe joined Z-Work Different, Live Better on Trends Z, at the invitation of AFAS Software België, to discuss how AI is changing the labour market, which skills will matter most and how organisations can attract, develop and retain talent. At AE, we believe that navigating change takes more than technology. It takes people who keep learning, adapting and growing together. Thanks to AFAS for inviting us
- We’ve set up camp at Red Hat Summit: Connect in Brussels! 👋 As a Gold Sponsor, we’re here for a full day of conversations around enterprise IT, platform engineering and application modernisation. You’ll find the AE team at booth G5, so swing by and tell us what you’re working on. Huge shout-out to Jeroen Haegebaert and Lander Bronselaer, who gave a breakout session “Code was never the bottleneck”. During this session, he explored what really stands between working code and production-ready software and how developer
- We’re heading to 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. 👋 On 22 October, AE will be at Flanders Expo in Ghent for a full day of conversations around digital transformation, AI and the future of the public sector. You can find us at stand 115, where our team will be ready to exchange ideas, share experiences and talk about the digital challenges your organisation is facing. And there’s more: Koen Goovaerts will take the stage to share a 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆
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