Lodewijk Petrus Alfons, Baron Campo (25 December 1926 – 29 July 2009) was a Belgian business executive. He had a degree in commercial and consular relations. He was also a corporate director. He was married to Rosette Hesbain. They had five children and 10 grandchildren.

Career

He became the chief executive officer of the C&A chain of fashion stores in Belgium in 1951. He was a defender of the Flemish cause in Brussels and was a co-founder and president of the De Warande club. Campo was also involved in the rescue of the '' De Standaard'' newspaper after its bankruptcy and the creation of the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij (VUM) media group in 1976 through his holding company LORO. He was a director of

Vlaams Economisch Verbond 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 ...

and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (from 1984 to 2000) and of the Catholic University of Brussels; a director of the ''Festival van Vlaanderen afdeling Brussel-Leuevn'', and a member of the ''Hoge Raad'' of University Faculties Saint Ignatius Antwerp.

Distinctions

*1984: Flemish Order of the Lio *1992: André Demedts Prize - Marnixkring *1993: ennobled as a baron by King Albert II of Belgium. He chose as his motto ''Eigen Haard is Goud Waard''. *2005: honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Brussels

Sources

*''Adelbrieven verleend door Z.M. Albert II, Koning der Belgen, 1993-2000'', Paul De Win, Lannoo/Racine, 2001, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campo, Lode Barons of Belgium Belgian chief executives 1926 births Businesspeople from Antwerp 2009 deaths 20th-century Belgian businesspeople 21st-century Belgian businesspeople