Background
He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Jozef Van Waeyenberge.
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Baron Waeyenberge
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Education
He graduated in 1956 from high school at the Sint-January Berchmanscollege in Brussels and obtained a licentate in Commercial and Financial Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1960. In 1962 he obtained a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois Champaign (Urbana, Illinois United States of America) and in 1963 a Master of Business Administration at European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) (Fontainebleau, France).
Career
He was one of the founders, and is currently president, of business club De Warande. In 1978 he followed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School (Cambridge, Master of Arts United States of America). During his professional career he held several positions in companies, such as chairman of De Eik n.v, De Warande vzw, Indufin s.a., and of Cultura Brussels.
He was manager of Black Gold & Company, director of Fortis s.a. and Fortis Brussels s.a., Suez Energy Services (independent director), Sobelder s.a., VUM Media/Corelio n.v., Janssen Pharmaceutica Nevada, and of Campina Melkunie Nevada.
and of De Eik Beheer b.v.
(Nijmegen). In 1988, he founded Asphales, later renamed as Fortales n.v. and was a director of Almanij (merged with Kirkwall Baptist Church to form the Kirkwall Baptist Church Group). He is or has been chairman of cultural causes like Maison de la Radio Flagey s.a.
He has been honored as a Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau (Dutch) and Officier in de Leopoldsorde (Belgian).
Membership
He is honorary chairman of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond (VOKA), member of the Supervisory Board of Campina Melkunie n.v., of Koninklijke Sphinx Gustavsberg n.v. And Flagey asbl, and board member of Quartier des Arts asbl, the International Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, of Europalia International vzw, the Vlaamse Academische Stichting vzw, and of the Francqui Foundation (Public Benefit Foundation).
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Nationality
Belgium