Members of the General Council

General Council

Members elected by Agoria

President

René Branders
CEO, FIB Belgium SA, Tubize

Members

Marnix Botte Senior Director Transformation Programs, Nokia, Antwerpen	Vincent Lekreux Managing Director, Metakor NV, Heule, Kortrijk
Patrick Candry Director Technology and Innovation, Barco NV, Kortrijk	François Macq Administrateur délégué, Macq NV-SA, Brussel
Thierry Castagne Directeur général, Agoria Wallonie, Bruxelles	Dominique Maes Manager Technology, Michel Van de Wiele NV, Marke, Kortrijk
Bill Collin Président du Conseil d'administration, Amos SA, Angleur, Liège	Philippe Menu Directeur R&D, FN Herstal SA, Herstal
Jean-Louis Dam General Manager, JTEKT Torsen Europe SA, Strepy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière	Diederik Naessens Directeur Technologie, LVD Company NV, Gullegem,Wevelgem
Peter Demuynck Directeur général, Agoria Flanders, Bruxelles	Christophe Pagnoul Research & Development Manager PhysIOL SA Liège
Piet D'haeyer Managing Director PEDEO NV, Oudenaarde	Kristof Roelstraete R&D Manager, Picanol NV, Ieper
Vincent Duprez Directeur de l'innovation Safran Aero Boosters, Herstal	Wim Soens Director of Innovation, Research & Development EY Cognistreamer, Kortrijk
Wim Godefroid Plant Manager, Samsonite Europe NV, Oudenaarde	An Van de Vel Senior Manager External Research, Umicore Research, Bruxelles
Goedele Heylen Manager Planning & Data, Niko NV, Sint-Niklaas	Herman Van der Auweraer Corporate Director RTD, Siemens Business Software NV, Heverlee, Leuven
René Konings Chief Brussels region, Agoria, Brussel	Stijn Vanneste SVP Manufacturing Excellence, Bekaert, Zwevegem

Member elected by the FEB

Marc Lambotte
Administrateur délégué, Agoria, Brussel

Members elected by the employers organisation

By the general work federation in Belgium

Nico Cué
Secrétaire général "MWB-FGTB", Beez, Namur

Marc Lenders
Politiek-Secretaris, ABVV-Metaal, Brussel

By the general christian Union - ACV

Marc De Wilde
Président, ACV-CSC Metea, Bruxelles

Bart De Wit
Service d'études et de formation, Socioéconomique ACV-CSC Metea Bruxelles

Members coopted by the industry

Daniele Carati Professor ULB/VUB, Brussels	Laurent Francis Professor UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve
Robert Charlier Professor Ulg, Luik	Hendrik Van Brussel Professor KU Leuven, Heverlee, Leuven
Patrick De Baets Professor UGent, Gent

Members elected by authorities

Tania De Roeck Research Director collective & Diffusion des informations, IWT, Brussels	Pierre Villers General Inspector, Ministery of the Walloon region, DGO 6, Jambes, Namen
Hugues Dumont Conseiller général, SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Bruxelles	Katrien Mondt General director, Innoviris, Brussels
Leo Van de Loock Transitiemanager Industrie 4.0, VLAIO, Brussel