Christian Dumolin (born 1945,

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Regio ...

) of Sint-Denijs is a

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businessman, President and CEO of Koramic Investment Group, President and CEO of Koramic-Koceram and Vice-Chairman of

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Supervisory Board. After he graduated in

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, he started his career in the

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business. He took over the management of Koramic Building Products in 1980 and subsequently was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the company. The Koramic group grew out of

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production and is active in construction material. Koramic is one of Europe's leading companies in the sector of

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as well as one of the main divisions of the

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group. In addition Christian Dumolin was a regent of the

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and also the Belgian businessman with the highest number of governing board mandates in: 129 mandates of which 7 paid.

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Koramic sells roof tiles division, Focus on Flanders, 11 January – 17 January 2003, Number 2, p. 6

De rijkste families in West-Vlaanderen (Belgium)
* ''Dumolin vormt Koramic om tot investeringsmaatschappij'',

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, 2 Aug. 2005 1945 births Living people Belgian businesspeople People from Kortrijk People from Zwevegem {{Belgium-business-bio-stub