Board Member

• Sep 2022 - Present

The Brussels-Africa Hub is a private international non-profit association dedicated to fostering sustainable and responsible investment in Africa. Our team: The Brussels-Africa Hub is powered by a diverse group of African diaspora and Belgian experts from various backgrounds: finance, management, law, public affairs. Our targeted partners are prominent Belgian and European financial institutions, asset managers, development financial institutions. Our vision: - Position Brussels as a centre of excellence for investing in African assets - Facilitate interaction between African and European “private sector”-oriented organizations - Increase awareness of investment opportunities among European investors Our mission: - Assist the European private sector in accessing African markets and support the African private sector in accessing European capital markets - Pro-active research and selection of high-growth potential sustainable ventures that need capital to finance their development - Pro-active promotion of selected ventures to accredited investors (family offices, banks, private equity, venture capitalists, diaspora investors, development financial institutions) looking for high growth potential ventures in Africa - Provide valuable expertise to both project sponsors and investors to ensure successful project financing - Focus on Sustainable and Responsible Investment Show less

CEO

• Sep 2017 - Present

CEO, WTS Global With representation in over 100 countries, WTS Global has grown to a leadership position as a global tax practice offering the full range of tax services and aspires to become the preeminent tax practice worldwide. WTS Global deliberately refrains from conducting annual audits in order to avoid any conflicts of interest and to be the long- term trusted advisor for its international clients. Clients of WTS Global include multinational companies, international mid-size companies as well as private clients and family offices. Show less

Curator L.Arena - an Art Installation in Venice

• Oct 2021 - Present

L.Arena is a Ghent World Project: a mobile arena, a journey through the four seasons, leading to a Spring Festival in Ghent (March 21 - 25, 2022) and an Autmn Festival in Venice (November 11 - 13, 2022). During the festival, Wim Wuyts unites his community from inspirational thinkers, artists, philosophers, entrepreneurs to academics from the most diverse domains. Leadership and the consequences of globalisation are central in the conversations. From these events various installations will emerge that visualise and document the conversations, dreams and ideas. For this project, he is working together with many friends including: Tom Callebaut (Brugge) , Tom is an interior architect at TC Plus and a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture of KU Leuven Tore Tom Denys (Vienna), Tore is an internationally acclaimed tenor and founder of the polyphone ensemble Dyonisos Now! He is also a much sought-after soloist by Philippe Herreweghe with Collegium Vocale Gent for the specific polyphony music. Sophie Cocquyt (Gent) - PR & Communication at Collegium Vocale and L.Arena festival co-leader Past events: Nov 5, 2021: Guest lecture Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn) Oct 17, 2021: Festival van de Architecture Brugge Sep 18, 2021: Triënnale Brugge Feb 4, 2022: Toerisme Vlaanderen (Brugge) Feb 17, 2022: L.Arena workshop, GMP (Fontainebleau) Feb 23, 2022: L.Arena kick off keynote, Masterclass Interieur Architectuur, KUL Feb 4 - Feb 29 2022: De Tuin van Heden (Brugge) March 21 - 24 2022: L.Arena Spring Festival (Gent) November 25 - 27 2022: L.Arena Masterclass at San Servolo (Venice), during the closing of the Art Biennale Venice. Show less

Independent Board Member

• Sep 2021 - Present

Business as usual is not for us. As passionate and determined entrepreneurs, we are building a well thought-out concept: housing for students, young professionals and companies with a unique integrated management and absolute focus on social & societal added value. We strive daily to increase our social impact in a value-driven context. Business as usual is not for us. As passionate and determined entrepreneurs, we are building a well thought-out concept: housing for students, young professionals and companies with a unique integrated management and absolute focus on social & societal added value. We strive daily to increase our social impact in a value-driven context.

Guest Lecturer in Management & Philosophy

• Jun 2021 - Present

Ce programme unique et révolutionnaire vous donnera accès à des discussions de haut vol entre dirigeants aguerris et philosophes reconnus débattant des manières d’aborder des problèmes de fond en matière de management dans un monde contemporain sous pression

Program Director

• Mar 2016 - Present

Having the honor to take over as Program Director of the General Management Programme of the executive education community that was described by the Financial Times as “One of executive education’s best-kept secrets which employs some of the world’s top business professors, yet it is not a business school; it lists some of the world’s top companies among its members, but it is not a club, and by reputation at least, has a better wine cellar than any business school. “

Lecturer International Taxation

• Jun 2021 - Present

As of Academic Year 21/22 - guest lecturer International Taxation in the Masters in Financial Management. As of Academic Year 21/22 - guest lecturer International Taxation in the Masters in Financial Management.

Guest Professor

• Jan 2017 - Present

Founder & Chair

• Jan 2016 - Present

Early 2016 Wim Wuyts founded the International School for Tax Leadership. The aspiration of the school is to organize Executive Tax Leadership Programs across the globe. The first one-week program for senior tax professionals will be organized in March 2016 on the campus of CEDEP in Fontainebleau (France). A program for junior professionals should follow in the second half of 2016. The ultimate goal is to subsequently roll out the programs to Asia and the Americas in 2017. The business world and the fiscal landscape are changing in an unseen pace. Governments across the globe are announcing fiscal measures faster than ever. International institutions such as the OECD, United Nations as well as the EU institutions and the G20 are imposing guidelines and hard laws on their respective member states in order to do away with harmful tax competition and overly aggressive tax planning. It is in this volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world that senior tax leaders need to align the tax strategy to the overall business strategy of their company. A task that is more complex than ever and that requires different leadership skills and attitudes than only a few years ago. The programs will combine the view from leading academic faculty in the domains of strategy, governance and leadership with the vision of top professionals from the global tax scene. Show less

Founding Member

• Dec 2013 - Present

it's all about bringing together managers, entrepreneurs, leaders to make somewhere somehow a difference for people who really need it. The Foundation is currently supporting the projects of Vanakam in the South of India (Tamil Nadu and Kerrala). All revenue of TWEAK IT! and "Ergens halverwege" is donated to the Vanakam projects. Donations to the Foundation can be made to the following bank account: BE 94 363-1274069-14 it's all about bringing together managers, entrepreneurs, leaders to make somewhere somehow a difference for people who really need it. The Foundation is currently supporting the projects of Vanakam in the South of India (Tamil Nadu and Kerrala). All revenue of TWEAK IT! and "Ergens halverwege" is donated to the Vanakam projects. Donations to the Foundation can be made to the following bank account: BE 94 363-1274069-14

Chief Transformation Officer, leading the global transformation initiative

• Oct 2016 - Aug 2017

Leading the Global Corporate Transformation Initiative under the leadership of CEO Matthew Taylor, aspiring to have the Bekaert Corporate Functions (Finance, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Technology, M&A, ...) co-driving to a new territory, making us irrepressible!Better Together!

VP, Global Head of Tax

• Jul 2008 - Aug 2017

Chairman Tax Committee

• Apr 2011 - Mar 2017

Chairing the Tax Committee of the Belgian Employers Federation VBO-FEB. Closed my second and final 3 year mandate in March 2017. Chairing the Tax Committee of the Belgian Employers Federation VBO-FEB. Closed my second and final 3 year mandate in March 2017.

Author

• Oct 2013 - Oct 2014

Ergens halverwege is het reisverhaal van Wim Wuyts naar Santiago de Compostella. Wuyts vertrekt midden mei met de fiets met twee vrienden vanuit Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, het bergdorpje in de Franse Pyreneeën, naar Compostella en ontmoet op zijn tocht een verscheidenheid aan mensen die hem doen nadenken over zijn visie op internationaal fiscaal management. In dit boeiende management¬verhaal combineert Wim Wuyts, wereldwijd verantwoordelijk voor fiscaliteit bij Bekaert, zijn fietservaring naar Compostella met zijn visie op internationale bedrijfsfiscaliteit en zijn ervaring met globaal werken bij multinationals. http://www.mijnwetboek.be/nl/producten/Ergens-halverwege-2013 Show less

Author

• Oct 2011 - Sep 2013

"Tweak it - Mindful coaching demystified". This book was written by the No Mountain Too High Team, which is led by Wim Wuyts. The Team focuses on striking a proper work-life balance. Five professionals have each written a chapter aimed at the demystifying of coaching and training techniques. The profits from the sale of this book are donated integrally to the VANAKAM projects in India. "It is good if you want to work hard and achieve results. It is even better if you can do this in a manner that is both healthy and balanced. This book aims to show managers - and perhaps younger managers in particular - that this is not just an idle dream. You can commit your personal resources to your objectives, while still performing to high levels of efficiency, health and fun! And if you occasionally risk running into your own limits, there is even something you can do about that..." Show less

Head of new Business Development & Innovation

• Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

Head of Tax

• Feb 2005 - Jun 2008

Head of worldwide tax department

Agfa demerger project manager

• Apr 2007 - Mar 2008

Agfa Transformation project Manager

• Apr 2005 - Feb 2007

Tax director EMEA

• Nov 1999 - Jan 2005

Head of Tax EMEA

• Feb 1997 - Nov 1999

Senior Tax consultant

• Sep 1995 - Feb 1997

Adj

• Oct 1993 - Sep 1995