The Vynckeneers are neither all-powerful nor all-knowing, so we deemed it both useful and necessary to reinforce our team with external independent directors. All respected in their own fields of expertise they, together with Peter and Dieter VYNCKE, constitute our Supervisory Board.
LIEVEN DANNEELS
Civil Engineer. Born in 1964. He is the owner and CEO of the TELEVIC GROUP which develops and makes communication systems for a number of niche markets.
He is also member of the board of IMEC VZW, Chairman of the board of VARIO (advisory council for the Flemish government on innovation and entrepreneurship), President of VIVES University (Kortrijk – Belgium) and board member of several start-up companies.
ELS VERBRAECKEN
Commercial Engineer. Born in 1970. She has held positions at UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN, CREDENDO and SEGHERS BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
In 2002, Els began a solid financial career at DEME – one of the biggest dredging and offshore wind companies in the world – where she now holds the position of CFO.
Rik VANPETEGHEM
Master of Laws. Born in 1961. He is the Managing Director at DELOITTE and the Senior Advisor for a number of Deloitte Member Firms.
He holds multiple degrees in the field of law and business management. He is also on the advisory board of companies such as Stadsbader (a Belgian construction company) and the Roularta Multimedia Group, amongst others.