The Vlerick Award is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 award granted by the Alumni of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

The Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School is the autonomous management school of the University of Ghent and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Vlerick was founded in 1953 by professor and entrepreneur Baron André Vlerick. Vlerick specializes in two research fields: "Innovation and...

. The nominees must be a Belgian manager with excelling management skills who has achieved sustainable results from an international perspective. The results which lead to the nomination for the award were achieved within an important multinational or organisation.

Laureates

• 2001: Karel Van Miert
  Karel Van Miert
  Karel Van Miert was a socialist Flemish politician.He was born in Oud-Turnhout. He studied at Ghent University and gained a degree in diplomatic sciences. In 1976 he became adjunct-national secretary of the – at that time – unitary Belgian socialist party...
  
  
• 2002: Baron Paul De Keersmaeker
  Paul De Keersmaeker
  Paul, Baron De Keersmaeker is a Belgian businessman and politician and Chairman of PA Europe .-Education:De Keersmaeker obtained a PhD degree of Law and a BA degree of notary at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .-Career:...
  
  
• 2003: Jean-Luc Dehaene
  Jean-Luc Dehaene
  -Early life and political career:He was born in Montpellier, France, when his parents were fleeing German troops. He got into politics through the Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond , a trade union which was closely linked to the Christelijke Volkspartij .In 1981, he became Minister of Social...
  
  
• 2004: Baron Peter Piot
  Peter Piot
  Baron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP is a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS, and a professor at Imperial College London...
  
  
• 2005: Catherine Verfaillie
  Catherine Verfaillie
  Catherine M. Verfaillie is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . Her work on the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate to different cell types has garnered controversy due to accusations of poor laboratory practices and fabrication of data by...
  
  
• 2006: Jeanne Devos
• 2007: Patrick De Maeseneire
• 2008: Gabriel Fehervari
  Gabriel Fehervari
  Gabriel Fehervari is a Belgian businessman and CEO of the Alfacam Group, which consists of three divisions: Alfacam, Euro1080 and Eurolinx. He is the son of Hungarian immigrants...
  
   en Hein Deprez
• 2009: Herman Van De Velde

Source

• Vlerick Award