Aloïs Michielsen (born

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, 6 January 1942) is a

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businessman. He obtained a master's degree as a civil engineer (chemistry) and a degree in applied economic sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (

). He obtained a PhD on studies in business administration at the

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(

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). He started his career in the Solvay Group on 6 January 1969, at the Marketing Division. On 31 May 1990, he was appointed director and member of the executive committee. On 14 April 1994 he was appointed vice-chairman of the executive committee, and on 4 June 1998, he was appointed chairman of the executive committee. On 9 May 2006 he took over the chair of the board of directors from Baron Daniel Janssen, while

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succeeded him as chairman of the executive committee. He was made ''Chevalier de l’Ordre de Léopold'' (Belgium) in 1988.

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Aloïs Michielsen
1942 births Living people Flemish businesspeople People from Turnhout {{Belgium-business-bio-stub