The League of Christian Employers (Dutch: Verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers, VKW) is a
Flemish
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Christian
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employers organization.
Herman Van de Velde is the president of the organization.
Notable members
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François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet (director of VKW)
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Léon Bekaert
Léon Antoine Bekaert (Zwevegem, 9 December 1891 - Zwevegem, 19 December 1961) was a Belgian industrialist and politician. He was the son of Leo Leander Bekaert, who founded the family business in 1880.
He expanded the family venture ''Tréfiler ...
(1891-1961),
Bekaert
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Jan Callewaert
Jan Callewaert (1956 – 1 February 2022) was a Belgian businessman. He was the general manager of Option N.V. In 2005, he was voted manager of the year in Belgium. He also was the chairman of football club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.
Life and career
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(CEO Option)
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Jef Colruyt
Jozef Maria Damiaan "Jef", Baron Colruyt (born 18 October 1958, Halle) is a Belgian businessman. In 1994 he succeeded his father Jo Colruyt as head of Colruyt, a company with more than 26,000 employees. With an estimated fortune of 2.521 billion e ...
(
Colruyt N.V.)
See also
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Agoria
Agoria, previously known as Fabrimetal, is a Belgian employers' organization and member of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises.
Description
Agoria connects over 1900 technologically inspired companies active in Belgium (2019) that strive ...
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(UEAPME)
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Federation of Belgian Enterprises
The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium ( nl, Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen, VBO, french: Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique, FEB) is the only Belgian non-profit organization representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. Its ...
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UNIAPAC
The International Christian Union of Business Executives or UNIAPAC is an ecumenical organization for Christian businesspeople.
History
The predecessors of the organization were national federations of Catholic employers in The Netherlands in 191 ...
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UNIZO {{unreferenced, date=February 2012
UNIZO ( nl, Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers) is a Belgian association of entrepreneurs, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME); it is mainly situated in the Flemish region of the Kingdom of Belgium.
The Unio ...
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VOKA
The Vlaams Economisch Verbond (VEV) is a Flemish employers' organization and lobbying group.
The main objectives of the organization were the development of the Flemish economy and to improve the status of Flemish as a business language in Flan ...
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Walloon Union of Companies The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises (UWE) is the Walloon employers organization.
History
About 1965, when economic decentralization was becoming more pronounced in Belgium, Walloon business leaders felt the need for mo ...
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