Brussels meets Europe with Baron Paul Buysse

Beci along with AmCham Belgium, The Bulletin and Britcham has organized the next Brussels Meets Europe event taking place on September 30, 2010.

On this occasion the guest speaker is Baron Paul Buysse, Chairman of Bekaert and an international business leader. For several decades he managed important international London based companies, e.a. BTR plc (10 billion GBP turnover). He also saved Vickers plc from bankruptcy through a thorough restructuring with e.g. the turmoil creating sale of Rolls Royce and Bentley. Currently he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bekaert NV/SA, an international Belgian group with a turnover of €3.2 billion.

He is also Chairman of the “Compagnie Immobilière de Belgique”, the Prince Filip Foundation, the College of Censors of the National Bank of Belgium and of Family Business Network Belgium. Moreover he holds positions at several Boards, as well as other functions such as member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Belgian Industry (FEB) and Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is also the originator of the Code Buysse, a Corporate Governance-manual for non-listed companies.

This event will give you the ideal opportunity to meet and exchange views with Baron Buysse, who will give a keynote speech titled "The underlying challenges for international growth."

Registration

To register for this event, please send an email to events@beci.be with full contact details. Please clearly mention the number of people attending. You will then receive an invoice and a registration confirmation.

The deadline for registrations is September 27, 2010.

For more information, please call 02 643 78 05 or visit the Beci website.