Bert De Graeve (
AvelgemAvelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Avelgem proper, Bossuit, Kerkhove, Outrijve and Waarmaarde. On January 1 2006 Avelgem had a total population of 9,457. The total area is 21.75 km² which gives a population density of...
, 1955) is a
BelgianThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
businessman and since 20 May 2006 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of
BekaertNV Bekaert SA is an industrial company, which is one of the BEL20 companies in the index for the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The company specializes in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings...
, where he succeeded
Julien De WildeJulien De Wilde is a Belgian businessman. He is honorary chairman of Agoria and a member of the board of Bekaert, Telenet and Agfa-Gevaert.-Education:...
.
He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Ghent (
GhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
) in 1980. In addition he studied Financial Management at the IPO-UFSIA Management School (
Antwerp||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 and its total area is , giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km²...
) and became Master in Tax Management at
VLEKHOVlekho or Vlaamse Ekonomische Hogeschool is a small business school in Brussels, Belgium, which is part of the KU Leuven Group. The school was founded 1968 by professors and assistant-professors from the Catholic University of Leuven, or in Dutch, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
(
BrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium...
).
He started his career in 1980 at
Arthur AndersenArthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
.
Bert De Graeve (
AvelgemAvelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Avelgem proper, Bossuit, Kerkhove, Outrijve and Waarmaarde. On January 1 2006 Avelgem had a total population of 9,457. The total area is 21.75 km² which gives a population density of...
, 1955) is a
BelgianThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
businessman and since 20 May 2006 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of
BekaertNV Bekaert SA is an industrial company, which is one of the BEL20 companies in the index for the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The company specializes in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings...
, where he succeeded
Julien De WildeJulien De Wilde is a Belgian businessman. He is honorary chairman of Agoria and a member of the board of Bekaert, Telenet and Agfa-Gevaert.-Education:...
.
Education
He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Ghent (
GhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
) in 1980. In addition he studied Financial Management at the IPO-UFSIA Management School (
Antwerp||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 and its total area is , giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km²...
) and became Master in Tax Management at
VLEKHOVlekho or Vlaamse Ekonomische Hogeschool is a small business school in Brussels, Belgium, which is part of the KU Leuven Group. The school was founded 1968 by professors and assistant-professors from the Catholic University of Leuven, or in Dutch, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
(
BrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium...
).
Career
He started his career in 1980 at
Arthur AndersenArthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
. From 1982 until 1996 he worked for Alcatel Bell. From 1982 until 1991 he worked in various financial responsibilities. From 1991 until 1994 he was General manager Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipm. Mfg. Cy, Shanghai. From 1994 until 1996 he worked in
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
as Vice-President, Director Operations, Alcatel Trade international. In 1996 he was Director International Affairs, Alcatel Alsthom in Paris.
From 1996 until 2002 Bert De Graeve was Managing Director of the
Vlaamse Radio- en TelevisieomroepThe Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
(Flemish Public radio and television), after which he was succeeded by
Tony Mary-Education:He graduated as a Master in Economic Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1973.-Career:He started his career at IBM, where he became Country General Manager for IBM Belgium and Luxemburg in 1990. In 1993 he founded Synergia, which he lead until July 1995. From August 1995 until...
.
From 2002 until 2005 he is Bekaert Group Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administration Officer and Corporate Secretary and since May 2006 he is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) andChairman of Bekaert Group Executive.
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