Anouk launched NEO Studios with ELEVEN Group Executive Chairman Andrea Radrizzani in 2018 and is now NEO’s Global CEO.

Anouk has been executive producer on NEO’s award-winning series Leeds United: Take us Home and The Giants.

Residing in Belgium, Mertens joined ELEVEN in 2015 as MD for ELEVEN Belgium and was Group COO from 2018-2021. She previously held senior roles with cable platform Telenet (Liberty Global) and Finish media company Sanoma in Belgium.