Board of Directors
Chairman
Mr Koen Geens
Professor Emeritus at KULeuven
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice, and Minister of European Affairs
Member of the Flemish Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
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CEO
Baroness Marie-Claire Foblets
Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Director Max-Planck Institut fuer ethnologische Forschung, Halle – Germany
Francqui Prize 2004
Secretary General
Mrs Greet T’Jonck
Honorary Chairman of the The High Council of Finance
Members of the Board
Mrs Conny Aerts
Professor, Asteroseismology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Part-time Professor, Asteroseismology, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands
External Member, Max Planck Society, Heidelberg, Germany
Member of four Academiën (België, Nederland, UK, Noorwegen)
Francqui Prize 2012
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Mrs Valérie André
FRS / FNRS Humanities Research Director
Research Advisor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Baron Cédric Blanpain
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Director of the « laboratoire des cellules souches et du cancer »
Member of the Royal Academy of Medecine of Belgium, « Institut de France » and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Francqui Prize 2020
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Mr Chris Buyse
Managing Partner Fund+ (Life Sciences Research Partners)
Mr François de Callatäy
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chairman of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Head of Department at the Royal Library of Belgium
Francqui Prize 2007
Mr Gilles de Kerkhove
Professor, Université libre de Bruxelles
Ancien coordinateur européen de la lutte contre le terrorisme.
Mr Bart De Smet
Chairman at Ageas, Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis Leuven, ECS, Pro League, Commissie Corporate Governance
Board member at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Euroclear, A&M Groep, Group Weerts, De Eik, Capricorn, Sylvester Productions
Count Frédéric Francqui
Administrator of Enterprises
Mr Michel Georges
Professor emeritus, Université de Liège
Member of the Académie de Médecine de Belgique
Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Member of the Académie d’Agriculture de France
Francqui Prize 2008
Mr Dirk Heirbaut
Professor, Universiteit Gent
Member of the Flemish Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Mr Edouard Janssen
CFO and Member of the Executive Committee of D´Ieteren Group
Board member at Syensqo, and Union Financière Boël
Mrs Yasmine Kherbache
Judge at the Constitutional Court
Volunteer research assistant in the “Government & Law” research group (University of Antwerp)
Mr Eric Lambin
Professor, Université catholique de Louvain,
Professor emeritus, Stanford University
Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member of the Academia Europaea; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
Francqui Prize 2009
Mr Bart Loeys
Professor, Universiteit van Antwerpen
Hoofd van het Centrum voor Medische Genetica en hoofd van de afdeling Zeldzame Ziekten in het Universitair Ziekenhuis van Antwerpen
Gastprofessor aan het Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum in Nijmegen
Francqui Prize 2020
Mr François Maniquet
Professor, Université catholique de Louvain
Francqui Prize 2010
Mrs Bernadette Renauld
Legal secretary at the Constitutional Court
Research Associate, Université catholique de Louvain
Mrs Valérie Rosoux
FNRS Research Director
Professor, Université catholique de Louvain
Max Planck Law Fellow – Max Planck Institutes Halle et Heidelberg
Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Mr Alexandre Sevrin
Ordinary Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Theoretical physics
Guest Professor at the Universiteit Antwerpen and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Vice Director of the « Internationale Solvay Instituten voor Fysica en Chemie »
Mrs Veronique Van Speybroeck
Professor, Universiteit Gent – Moleculaire Modellering
Member of the Flemish Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Francqui Prize 2024
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Honorary Board
Mr Herman Balthazar
Honorary Governor of the Province of East Flanders
Professor emeritus at the Universiteit Gent
Count Etienne Davignon
Minister of State
Vice President of Suez-Tractebel
Former Vice President of the Commission of the European Communities
Viscount Mark Eyskens
Minister of State
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Professor emeritus at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Baron Jan GRAULS
Honorary Ambassador of Belgium
Baron Jean-Pierre Hansen
Honorary Chairman of Electrabel – Engie
Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Baron Daniel Janssen
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of SOLVAY S.A.
Mrs Françoise Masai
Honorary Vice Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
Mr. Pierre Van Moerbeke
Professor emeritus at the Université Catholique de Louvain
Simons Foundation, New York
Francqui Prize 1988
Count Herman Van Rompuy
Former president of the European Council
Minister of State
Professor
Mr Anton van Rossum
Director of Compagnies
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mrs Sylviane Velu-Spreutels
Honorary Adviser to the Court of Cassation
Baron Mark Waer
Ererector Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Voorzitter Unversitaire Ziekenhuizen KULeuven
Mrs Dominique Willems
Professor emeritus at the Universiteit Gent
Honorary Chairman and Member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België (KVAB) voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
Advisory Board
Count Nicolas BOËL
Honorary President of the Board of directors Solvay SA
Baron Thierry Boon Falleur
Extraordinary Professor emeritus at the Université Catholique de Louvain
Francqui Prize 1990
Knight Emile Boulpaep
Chairman Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc.
Professor at the Yale University, School of Medicine
Baron Jacques Brotchi
Honorary President of the Senate
Honorary Chief of the Neurochirugy at the Hôpital Erasme
Honorary President of the « Fédération Mondiale des Sociétés de Neurochirurgie »
Emeritus Professor at the Université Libre Bruxelles
Baron Désiré Collen
Professor emeritus at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Chairman Désiré Collen Foundation
Chairman Life Sciences Research Partners VZW
2005 Health Award InBev-Baillet Latour
Francqui Prize 1984
Count Claude d’Aspremont Lynden
Professor emeritus at the Université Catholique de Louvain
Member of the Center for Operations Research and Economectrics, Louvain-la-Neuve
Francqui Prize 1995
Mrs Régine Kurgan-Van Hentenryk
Honorary Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Baron Niceas Schamp
Permanent Secretary of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
Professor emeritus at the Universiteit Gent
Baroness Greta Suetens-Bourgeois
Judge emerita at Court of Cassation
Professor emerita at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Baron Piet Van Waeyenberge
Chairman of the Board DE EIK N.V.
Mr Joël Vandekerckhove
Professor emeritus at the Universiteit Gent
Honorary Director VIB. Dept. of Medical Protein Research