Jozef Van Waeyenberge is a Belgian

Belgium

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 businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Piet Van Waeyenberge

Piet Van Waeyenberge

Baron Piet Paul August Van Waeyenberge is a Belgian businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Jozef Van Waeyenberge. He was one of the founders, and is currently president, of business club De Warande...

 one of the founders, and currently president, of De Warande

De Warande (Club)

De Warande is a Flemish business club, located in Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in Brussels in 1988, by Flemish businesspeople and the Flemish government. The club wants to bring together distinguished and representative personalities from the Flemish business community...

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After he finished high school

High school

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, he immediately embarked on a career in business. He is Director of various companies, including the Van Waeyenberge family holding De Eik. In addition, he is also director of a number of professional organisations and cultural associations. He was appointed Director of Almanij

Almanij

Almanij, meaning Algemene Maatschappij voor Nijverheidskrediet was a Belgian holding active in financial services. It is since March 2005 part of the KBC Group.-Structure:The Almanij group consisted of four companies:...

 in 1995 and Director of the KBC Group in 2005 when Almanij ceased to exist as a separate entity and merged with KBC to form the KBC Group.