Julien, Baron De Wilde (b.

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, 7 January 1944) is a

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businessman. He is Chairman of

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, Chairman of the

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Foundation, honorary chairman of

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and a member of the board of

Bekaert N.V. Bekaert S.A. (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 28,000 people worldwide. Its primary business is steel wire transformation and coatings. Operating in 45 countries, Bekaert generated combined ...

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and

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. He was made a Baron by H.M. King Albert II in 2012.

Education

He graduated as

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at the

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

(

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) in 1967.

Career

In 1969, he started his career as an engineer at

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Belgium (1969–1972). He was head of technical

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for Texaco Europe from 1972 until 1977. From 1977 until 1983, he was manager information systems for Texaco Belgium, the

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and

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. From 1983 until 1986, he was a member of the board of directors of Texaco Belgium and from 1986 until 1988 Texaco Europe. From 1988 until 1989, he was head of the research and business development centre of Recticel, Belgium. From 1993 until 1994, Julien De Wilde was General manager of Alcatel Bell, from 1996 until 1999 CEO of Alcatel Bell and from 1999 until 2002 Executive vice-president of the Alcatel Group. From 2002 until 2006, he was CEO of Bekaert after which he was succeeded by baron

Bert De Graeve Bert, baron De Graeve (born 1955, Avelgem) is a Belgian businessman and since 20 May 2006 chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of Bekaert, where he succeeded baron Julien De Wilde. In 2014 he became chairman of the board. Education Bert D ...

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Julien De Wilde

1944 births Living people Belgian businesspeople KU Leuven alumni Texaco people People from Wetteren {{Belgium-business-bio-stub