Piet Van Waeyenberge
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Baron
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Piet Paul August Van Waeyenberge (b. Ghent
Ghent
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27 October 1938) is a Belgian
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businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Jozef Van Waeyenberge
Jozef Van Waeyenberge
Jozef Van Waeyenberge is a Belgian businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Piet Van Waeyenberge one of the founders, and currently president, of De Warande....
. He was one of the founders, and is currently president, of business club 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...
. He is married to Wina Proesmans and together they have 3 children.
Biography
He graduated in 1956 from high school at the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in BrusselsBrussels
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and obtained a licentate in Commercial and Financial Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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in 1960. In 1962 he obtained a Master of Science
Master of Science
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in Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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(Urbana
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, IL USA
United States
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) and in 1963 a Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
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at INSEAD
INSEAD
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(Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
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, France
France
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). In 1978 he followed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
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(Cambridge
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, MA. USA).
During his professional career he held several positions in companies, such as chairman of De Eik n.v, De Warande vzw, Indufin s.a., and of Cultura Brussels. He was manager of BG & Co, director of Fortis
Fortis (finance)
Fortis N.V./S.A. was a company active in insurance, banking and investment management. In 2007 it was the 20th largest business in the world by revenue but after encountering severe problems in the financial crisis of 2008, most of the company was sold in parts, with only insurance activities...
s.a. and Fortis Brussels s.a., Suez Energy Services (independent director), Sobelder s.a., VUM Media/Corelio
Corelio
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n.v., Janssen Pharmaceutica
Janssen Pharmaceutica
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NV, and of
Campina Melkunie
Campina (company)
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NV.
He is honorary chairman of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond (VOKA
Voka
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), member of the Supervisory Board of Campina Melkunie n.v., of Koninklijke Sphinx Gustavsberg n.v. and of De Eik Beheer b.v. (Nijmegen).
In 1988, he founded Asphales
Asphales
The Asphales holding, now Fortales, was founded by Piet Van Waeyenberge in 1988.-History:In the wake of the attempted take-over of the Société Générale de Belgique by Carlo De Benedetti, Piet Van Waeyenberge wanted to create an investment instrument to provide for capital for Belgian companies in...
, later renamed as Fortales n.v. and was a 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:...
(merged with KBC to form the KBC Group).
He is or has been chairman of cultural causes like Maison de la Radio Flagey
Flagey
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s.a. and Flagey asbl, and board member of Quartier des Arts asbl, the International Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
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, of Europalia International
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vzw, the Vlaamse Academische Stichting vzw, and of the Francqui Foundation
Francqui Foundation
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(Public Benefit Foundation).
He has been honored as a Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau (Dutch) and Officier in de Leopoldsorde (Belgian).