Career
From 1955 until he retired in March 1995, he worked at BACOB Bank (now part of Belfius), the bank of the Belgian Catholic labor organisation, finally as chairman of its managing board. From 1995 until 2001, he served as a director of Lernout & Hauspie. Together with Wilfried Martens, Alfons Verplaetse, and Jef Houthuys, he met at Poupehan between 1982 and 1987 to discuss the social and economic situation of Belgium.
