Luc Willame is a

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businessman, who heads the worldwide flat

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operations of

Asahi Glass , formerly Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), is a Japanese global glass manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies. The company is listed on t ...

, which is the world's leading glassmaker.

Career

Luc Willame joined

Glaverbel AGC Glass Europe is an international glass manufacturing group based in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and the European branch of the AGC Inc. Group. AGC Glass Europe currently employs some 14,500 people.

in November 1982, where he held various posts, such as administration and finance director and member of the executive committee. In September 1989 he was appointed CEO and Chairman of the executive committee of Glaverbel. Since 2002 Luc Willame heads the worldwide flat glass operations of Asahi Glass. In addition he has also been appointed Senior Executive Vice President of the Asahi Glass group. He is a member of the Belgian businessclub

Cercle de Lorraine The Cercle de Lorraine or Club van Lotharingen is a Belgian business club, located in Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in 1998, and it wants to bring together, distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial communi ...

. During his studies he was a member of the

Olivaint Conference of Belgium The Royal Olivaint Conference of Belgium NPO is a Belgian independent, multilingual leadership organisation and debating union for students founded in 1954. It is the only student organisation in Belgium operating in both official languages ( ...

Sources

Asahi Glass decided to make a public tender offer for shares in Glaverbel S.A.
(2001)

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