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
- Great to see our colleague Dante De Ruwe taking the stage at NDC Conferences Oslo. 🎤 Sharing expertise, exchanging ideas and contributing to the wider tech community. Exactly the kind of thought leadership we want to keep building at AE. Proud to see Dante representing AE on an international stage. 👏
- Some news worth celebrating: AE has once again been named one of the Best Workplaces in Europe — ranking #26 and earning a place in Europe’s Top 30. 🏆 What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that it reflects what our own people have to say about working at AE. Their feedback tells a story about trust, pride and connection. About sharing what you know. Speaking up when you see things differently. Helping a colleague out. Taking ownership. And building things together, for our customers and for each other. We’re
- 𝟮𝟮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝟮𝟮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗘. 🚀 This week, we welcomed 22 Young Graduates who are starting their journey with us through the AE Apprenticeship. Starting your career doesn’t mean you need to have everything figured out from day one. It’s about building a strong foundation, learning by doing and gradually discovering where your strengths and interests can take you. Over the coming months, our Young Graduates will learn from experienced colleagues, develop their technical and
- Curious what Microsoft Fabric can do for your data analysis? Join us for 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘆, a one-day workshop that takes you through an end-to-end analytics scenario. Discover how to bring data together, transform it and turn it into clear Power BI reports, all within one integrated platform. Choose the date that works for you: 📅 10 September 2026 Register: https://lnkd.in/eSk3w-yg 📅 24 November 2026 Register: https://lnkd.in/e-DUAGBK Ready to put Microsoft Fabric into practice? #AE #MicrosoftFabric
- AI will not compensate for weak foundations. It amplifies them. At Digital Excellence Connect 2026, Valerie Taerwe and 🛡Jo Van Eyck from AE shared a clear message: AI does not replace good engineering practice. It exposes where it is missing. For many organisations, AI adoption still means handing out tools and hoping value will follow. But real impact comes from something less flashy and more important: solid architecture, governance, quality standards and trust. That is also the idea behind AIRE, AI Reliability Engineering:
- 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. You can lead by shaping an architecture. By helping a client make a difficult choice. By coaching a colleague. By building expertise others can use. Or by getting a new idea moving. At AE, seniority doesn’t come with one predefined path. What matters is how you use your experience to move people, projects and ideas forward. Lead what’s next at AE: https://hubs.ly/Q04tw3kq0
- AI will not fix messy content. It will expose it. At Digital Excellence Connect 2026, Roshni Bhogaita from Storyblok shared a clear message: AI-ready content starts with the right foundation. Search used to mean ranking on Google. Now it also means being understood by an LLM that decides what to surface and what to ignore. Most content platforms were never built with that second audience in mind. #DigitalExcellence #AIReady #ContentStrategy #GenerativeAI #Storyblok #AE
- 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. We’re looking for a Solution Architect, AI Engineer, Data Architect and Data Engineer to join AE. Work on challenges that matter. Build solutions that last. And help our clients turn technology, data and AI into real value. Ready for what’s next? Explore the roles below: Solution Architect → https://hubs.ly/Q04t2-BC0 AI Engineer → https://hubs.ly/Q04t2W7g0 Data Architect → https://hubs.ly/Q04t34LZ0 Data Engineer → https://hubs.ly/Q04t317z0 #AE #Hiring #TechJobs #SolutionArchitect #AIEngineer
Alumni 1 went on to found or lead
Chris MichielsPrincipal Consultant→Chief Operating Officer at EverESSt
Bart MichielsDirector Operations→Owner at JUELS bvba- PCedric BoonTechnical Consultant→CTO at Conneqtr
Kirsten RochtusBusiness Development Manager→Managing Director at Lemon Companies
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