Baron Baudouin Michiels (born 17 May 1941) is a

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businessman, who worked mainly in the food industry.

Education

He obtained a PhD in

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, and a master's degree in Social Work (''Licence en sciences sociales de travail'').

Career

He started his professional career in 1963 as a trainee, with ''Rosenberg Onderneming'' in

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. In 1965 he became ''Marketing Assistant'' for Belamundi in

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(Belgium). He began working for

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, he became President-Managing Director Jacobs Suchard Belgium and Executive Vice President of Jacobs Suchard Group. He held several leading positions in the Kraft Jacobs Suchard-Côte-d'Or group, until 17 May 2001 when an end came to his activities within the Philip Morris Group. Beside his career in the food industry he holds several position in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO). He is President of the Management Committee for the

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, which distributes grants to young managers that want to achieve an international career. Baudouin Michiels is also President and CEO of the Belgacom Fund, which provides financial support to either local authorities or those of Social Services in

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, and in

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(region) that aim to improve the dialogue between the Belgian

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and local authorities. He is a member of the Belgian businessclub

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Sources

Proximus Foundation
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