Paul Kievit was born in Haarlem in 1960.

In 1983 he joined the Royal Netherlands Army, where in subsequent years he held various operational and staff functions (both national and international) as Army officer.

Since January 1990 Paul Kievit has held a variety of national and international sales, marketing and executive management positions in high technology companies. Prior to joining Philips in 2003, he was Managing Director of Avaya Netherlands and before that General Manager Telecom Solutions at global systems integrator Getronics. In these positions he gained extensive experience in business consultancy, data networking, IP/PBX converged networks, mobile communications and customer contact solutions in a multi-channel business environment.

In April 2006, when Royal Philips and NEC Corporation established their joint venture NEC Philips Unified Solutions, Paul Kievit was appointed Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for all global sales activities of this leading provider of enterprise communications solutions. He defined and implemented a multi-channel strategy, developing the company’s expertise and success as solutions provider as well as accelerating the growth and expansion of its indirect channel sales.

Since September 2008 he is President of NEC Philips Unified Solutions. In this role he oversees and is responsible for the company’s activities worldwide.

On March 31st 2010, NEC Philips Unified Solutions became NEC Unified Solutions.