Experience

Maklu Uitgevers

• Belgium
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publishing Director

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Publishing legal and informative content for professionals, among which scientists, companies, lawyers and liberal professions. Publishing legal and informative content for professionals, among which scientists, companies, lawyers and liberal professions.



Boek.be

• Belgium
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Director

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Board Director of Boek.be, the competence centre of the associations of publishers, distributors and booksellers of Flanders. It's main goals are to promote the sale and knowledge of books in Flanders and to professionalise the literary marketplace. Board Director of Boek.be, the competence centre of the associations of publishers, distributors and booksellers of Flanders. It's main goals are to promote the sale and knowledge of books in Flanders and to professionalise the literary marketplace.



GEWU (Groep Educatieve, Wetenschappelijke en Professionele Uitgeverijen)

• Co-President Board of Directors

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Co-Chairman of the Board of GEWU (Groep Educatieve, Wetenschappelijke en Professionele Uitgeverijen / Group Educational, Scientific and Professional Publishers) Co-Chairman of the Board of GEWU (Groep Educatieve, Wetenschappelijke en Professionele Uitgeverijen / Group Educational, Scientific and Professional Publishers)



Belgian Publishing Co

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Member Board of Directors

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Maintaining corporate governance practices; fundraising; accompanying transition of 103-year-old 'Gazette van Detroit' to digital format; networking with partners worldwide (US, Canada, Europe); creating and running Centenary events; guiding newspaper content. Maintaining corporate governance practices; fundraising; accompanying transition of 103-year-old 'Gazette van Detroit' to digital format; networking with partners worldwide (US, Canada, Europe); creating and running Centenary events; guiding newspaper content.



INNI publishers

• Belgium
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publishing Director

  • Nov 2000 - Feb 2018

  Publishing (e-)books and other media for professionals: law, tax, business, health care and other professional information. Publishing (e-)books and other media for professionals: law, tax, business, health care and other professional information.



VUV (Vlaamse Uitgevers Vereniging)

• Member Board of Directors

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

  Board Director of the former VUV (Vlaamse Uitgevers Vereniging - Flemish Publishers Association), that in January 2017 has been split into two separate associations, among which the new GEWU (Groep Educatieve, Wetenschappelijke en Professionele Uitgeverijen - Group Educational, Scientific and Professional Publishers). Board Director of the former VUV (Vlaamse Uitgevers Vereniging - Flemish Publishers Association), that in January 2017 has been split into two separate associations, among which the new GEWU (Groep Educatieve, Wetenschappelijke en Professionele Uitgeverijen - Group Educational, Scientific and Professional Publishers).



Belgian Publishing Inc. (Gazette van Detroit)

• Advisory Board Member

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014

  The Gazette van Detroit is a Flemish-American newspaper, established in 1914, based in Roseville, Michigan (USA), published by Belgian Publishing Inc. Today the bilingual (English-Dutch) paper serves the descendants of Belgian immigrants in the U.S. & Canada and advocates of transatlantic friendship.We celebrated its Centenary in 2014 and are working on a strategy to prepare for the next century. The Gazette van Detroit is a Flemish-American newspaper, established in 1914, based in Roseville, Michigan (USA), published by Belgian Publishing Inc. Today the bilingual (English-Dutch) paper serves the descendants of Belgian immigrants in the U.S. & Canada and advocates of transatlantic friendship.We celebrated its Centenary in 2014 and are working on a strategy to prepare for the next century.



Ghent University

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lector

  • 1998 - 2000

  Teaching French & Spanish linguistics at HoGent/UGent (to students 'Master Handelswetenschappen & Bestuurskunde') and at some other schools (Kortrijk, Torhout, Kuurne, Brugge & Ieper). Teaching French & Spanish linguistics at HoGent/UGent (to students 'Master Handelswetenschappen & Bestuurskunde') and at some other schools (Kortrijk, Torhout, Kuurne, Brugge & Ieper).