Education
He graduated in economy at the University of Ghent and was appointed at the University of Leuven as well as the University of Ghent as Professor of Economics.
politician private sector banker
He graduated in economy at the University of Ghent and was appointed at the University of Leuven as well as the University of Ghent as Professor of Economics.
He founded the department of regional economy at the University of Ghent. Was appointed during various Belgian Governments in the 1960s-1970s as Minister of the Flemish Regional Economy, actually till his appointment as Minister of Finance. He was also appointed after the war as the Administrator of the Marshall Plan for Belgium.
He was instrumental in the after-War years of the successful Flemish economic development.