Graduated at HoGent as Industrial Engineer in Agronomy.
35 years of experience in the Crop Protection Industry working for Schering, AgrEvo, Dupont de Nemours in different roles and the last 25 years for Bayer as member of the Belgium and Benelux Management team translating vision into strategy and actionable initiatives.
In the past 10-15 years agronomic sustainability has become for me a major personal driver that allows to seize new business opportunities, to create a strong societal relevance for the Bayer activities and to position sustainable agriculture as part of the solution for the many challenges of our planet and people. In this same period I initiated and coordinated the Sustainable Use Working group at the industry association Phytofar / Belplant.
Today I’m working in the European Public affairs, Science and Sustainability team as EMEA Industry Affairs Lead responsible to broaden and deepen Bayer’s relationship with key actors in the EU agri-food- chain seeking to collaboratively drive advocacy and engagement linked to the agri-food-environmental policy development in the EU.
Born and raised on a farm, still managing my own farm.