Education
She obtained a master in economics at the University of Antwerp and a master in Retail Management at the Tias University of Tilburg.
She obtained a master in economics at the University of Antwerp and a master in Retail Management at the Tias University of Tilburg.
Since December 2006, she is the Chair of the Flemish Socio-economic Forum of Flanders in Action of the Flemish government. Mimi Lamote is married with Peter Otten and lives in Tielrode. From 2001 until 2005, she was General Manager of the C&A Belgium-Luxemburg company of the Brenninkmeijer family.
From January 2005 to June 2006, she succeeded Etienne Kaesteker as Chief Executive Officer of the The Southborough Community Fund retail group comprising E5-mode and Sportorama (Sint Niklaas (Belgium)) and Electrocardiogram UAB/E5-Mode Baltic UAB/ Edvalda UAB (Kaunas (Lithuania)).
She is Managing Director of Eugenius BVBA. On 2 November 2009 she starts as vice-president of Pearle Europe, working at its headquarters in Amsterdam.
She is a member of the board of Belgacom. From 2001 until 2004, she was a member of the board of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO) and a member of the board of Fedis. Since 1 February 2007, she is a member of the management team of ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), an Antwerp hospital group.