Experience

NIHDI

• Belgium
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Deputy CEO

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Ghent University

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Professor at Dept of Public Health & Primary Care

  • Feb 2017 - Present



Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• UMC Fellow (University Medical Campus)

  • Jan 2018 - Present



Belgian Federal Government

• Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België

• Government Commissioner COVID-19

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

  “Being oil in the machinery” of COVID-19 policy-making and crisis management. This is the way Prime Minister De Croo summarized our mission when we were designated in October 2020, on the eve of the 2nd wave. During 18 months, in a multi-level and multi-sectoral context, we structured politico-administrative relations, organized expert advice processes, developed policy strategies with regard to Covid-19 management, coordinated strategy and implementation with regard to testing, vaccination, air quality, etc. We also laid down a base for strenghtening crisis management and health emergencies preparedness in the longer term. The Commissariat was attached directly to the Prime Minister, the federal Minister of Public Health and the federal Minister of Interior Affairs. We advised the federal government and the Concertation committee which is the meeting place for the federal level and federated entities/communities and regions, as well as the Interministerial Conference for Public Health. The Commissariat team was composed of a small (25 at the height of the crisis), dedicated professionals with different backgrounds and expertise: public management, crisis management, stakeholder management, program management, public health, healthcare sector, etc. They worked and work as civil servants, political advisors, academics, crisis management experts, healthcare workers, consultants, etc. Show less



Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment

• Belgium
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director-General Healthcare

  • Feb 2017 - Oct 2020

  The DG Healthcare has key responsabilities in the development, implementation, supervision and evaluation of Belgian healthcare policies. A diversity of themes and sectors are covered by the DG, e.g. the hospitals sector, healthcare professions, emergency care, mental healthcare, digitalization and integration of care, quality and safety, etc. Policy instruments deployed are among others regulation, forecasting and planning of capacity, financing of providers, granting rights, data gathering, monitoring and evaluation, supervision and sanctioning. The DG hosts and supports a large set of statutatory advisory councils that gather stakeholders concerned with the themes and sectors mentioned above. The DG Healthcare executes its responsabilities - taking into account the Belgian state structure and the organization of competencies - in a network with federal and regional administrations. At the federal level, the main partners are the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, the Federal Medicines and Medical Devices Agency, the eHealth-platform and the knowledge institutions KCE and Sciensano. At the regional level partnerships are being developed with healthcare administrations of the Flemish, Brussels, French, Walloon and German communities/regions. Moreover the DG Healthcare hosts and supports the Interministerial Conference Health and its different working groups on a political and administrative level. As a DG I was statutory member of the board of Sciensano (formerly WIV-ISP), the Health Knowledge Center (KCE), the eHealth-platform. Belgian representative in the OECD Health Committee. Member of the Bureau of the Health Committee (2020). I resigned as DG when the new Belgian federal government asked me in October 2020 to become the Government Commissioner COVID-19. Show less



Cabinet of the Minister of Social Security and Public Health

• Brussels Area, Belgium

• Director Healthcare

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2017

  Chief of staff and principal advisor of the federal Minister of Public Health and Social Security with regard to all matters of public health and health insurance. This included, among others, the development, in close interaction with public administrations and stakeholders, of policy reforms in execution of the government agreement and taking into account the multilevel and multisectoral nature of health policies. Chief of staff and principal advisor of the federal Minister of Public Health and Social Security with regard to all matters of public health and health insurance. This included, among others, the development, in close interaction with public administrations and stakeholders, of policy reforms in execution of the government agreement and taking into account the multilevel and multisectoral nature of health policies.



Cabinet of the State Secretary of Asylum and Migration Policy and Social Integration

• Brussels Area, Belgium

• Deputy Director

  • Dec 2013 - Oct 2014

  Deputy chief of staff of the federal Minister of Public Health and Social Security with regard to all matters of public administrations, budget procedures, European funds, digitization and personnel planning in the field of asylum, immigration and federal poverty policies. Deputy chief of staff of the federal Minister of Public Health and Social Security with regard to all matters of public administrations, budget procedures, European funds, digitization and personnel planning in the field of asylum, immigration and federal poverty policies.



Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

• Head of Internal Audit

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2013

  The Internal Audit Service of RIZIV-INAMI was launched in November 2012 and is gradually being implemented and developed. I was responsible for the strategic and operational start-up of the service. The service consists of 3 collaborators and functions under the shared authority of the CEO/vice-CEO and the Board (pending the creation of an Audit Committee). My key responsibilities:- definition of the mission, vision, value model and strategy of the new Internal Audit Service- audit planning based on risk analysis and consultation of senior management and key stakeholders- needs analysis, sourcing and staffing (recruitment and selection) of the Internal Audit Service- development of audit methodology, processes and procedures- execution and supervision of the execution of audit engagements: assurance (e.g. information security audit, lean audit of administrative processes; audit of organizational design) and consultancy (e.g. strategy and management)- reporting to senior management, the Board - coordination with other control and audit actors; 'single audit' (e.g. Belgian National Audit Office) Show less

• Strategy and Management Advisor

  • Sep 2005 - Feb 2013

  The Modernization Unit of RIZIV-INAMI consists currently of 4 collaborators and works directly under the authority of the CEO, the vice-CEO, and the Management Committee.The Modernization Unit is responsible for:- strategy development and management reporting: vision and mission; performance agreement; strategic plan; operational/business plan; performance measurement; reporting to management committee and board;- development of methodologies for strategy execution: project management; business process management; quality management Some specific projects I have been/am responsible for as a project manager:- development of a method for project/programme prioritization (i.e. portfolio management) in the context of the strategic and business plans of RIZIV-INAMI;- set-up of a portfolio management system and PMO for projects relating to administrative streamlining and simplification: +/- 40 common projects between RIZIV-INAMI - Public Insurers - eHealth-platform;- process and risk analysis of purchase processes at RIZIV-INAMI, which led to a re-engineering - first CAF-exercice at RIZIV-INAMI (Common Assessment Framework). 'Good Practice Award' at the Belgian Quality Conference in 2009. Show less



College of Public Institutions of Social Security (OISZ-IPSS)

• Project Manager 'Synergy Internal Audit'

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2013

  Project manager (specific assignement on behalf of the College of CEOs and vice-CEOs of the 16 federal public institutions of social security) for: - the development of a shared vision on the development of internal audit, together with the senior management and the members of the board of the 16 federal public institutions of social security; - the writing of a Common Charter of the Internal Auditfunction and a Common Charter of the Audit Committee in the 16 federal public institutions of social security; - the development of and follow-up of the implementation of a common roadmap for the implementation of the shared vision and common charters; - the start-up and coordination of PLATINA, a network of the chief audit executives and internal auditors of the 16 federal public institutions of social security; - the preparation of a common public procurement process for the external audit resources - etc. Show less



KU Leuven

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Voluntary fellow

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

• Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2002 - Aug 2005