Luc Bossyns is a retired

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businessman. He was managing director of

Aquafin Aquafin is a Belgium company, based in Aartselaar, owned by the "Vlaamse Milieuholding", specialized in wastewater treatment and mainly active in Flanders. Jan Goossens is the general manager of Aquafin. The company was established in 1990 by the ...

, a

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processing company. Anno 2019 he still is a member of the board of directors.

Education

He graduated as a

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in naval engineering from

Ghent University Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

. In addition he also graduated in company management at the

University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stud ...

Career

In 1977 he started his career as an engineer at Cockerill Yards Hoboken (

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). First he worked with the

Compagnie Maritime Belge The Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) is one of the oldest Antwerp ship-owners. It is controlled by the Saverys family who also own major stakes in the Exmar and Euronav groups. History CMB was founded in 1895 under the name Compagnie Belge Mariti ...

(CMB) and with the Boelwerf

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. Luc Bossyns was director-general and director of Boelwerf Vlaanderen from 1993 until 1995 after which he went to work for Stork MEC. During his position with the

Boelwerf The Boelwerf, initially called J. Boel & Zonen, was a shipyard on the river Scheldt in Temse, Belgium, which produced ships from 1829 until 1994. History The Boelwerf was founded in 1829 by Bernard Boel (1798-1872), who had worked as a carpenter ...

, Bossyns was involved in a cause of fraud with government subsidies. Bossyns blijft baas Aquafin ondanks fraude Boelwerf
Oktober 30, 2004 He was convicted in 2004, but subsequent appeals led to an acquittal of charges by lapse of time. "Geen straf voor fraude Boelwerf"
De Standaard, 18 September 2008 He was managing director of

from May 2000 until October 2016.

Sources

website Aquafin
(Aquafin)
Aquafin
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