Piet Paul August, Baron Van Waeyenberge (born

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, 27 October 1938) is a Belgian businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of

Jozef Van Waeyenberge Jozef Van Waeyenberge is a Belgium, Belgian businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Piet Van Waeyenberge one of the founders, and currently president, of De Warande (Club), De Warande. After he finished high school, ...

. He was one of the founders, and is currently president, of business club De Warande. He is married to Wina Proesmans and together they have 3 children.

Biography

He graduated in 1956 from high school at the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in

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and obtained a licentiate in Commercial and Financial Sciences at the

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in 1960. In 1962 he obtained a

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in Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois Champaign (

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, IL

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) and in 1963 a

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(

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). In 1978, he attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at

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(

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, US. During his professional career he held several positions in companies, such as chairman of De Eik n.v, De Warande vzw, Indufin s.a., and of Cultura Brussels. He was manager of BG & Co, director of Fortis s.a. and Fortis Brussels s.a., Suez Energy Services (independent director), Sobelder s.a., VUM Media/

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n.v.,

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NV, and of Campina Melkunie NV. He is honorary chairman of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond (

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), member of the Supervisory Board of Campina Melkunie n.v., of Koninklijke Sphinx Gustavsberg n.v. and of De Eik Beheer b.v. (

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). In 1988, he founded

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, later renamed as Fortales n.v. and was a director of

Almanij Almanij (for ''Algemene'' ''Maatschappij'' voor ''Nijverheidskrediet'', "General Company for Industry") was a Belgian holding company active in financial services, created in 1931 and merged into KBC Group in March 2005. History Almanij was inco ...

(merged with KBC to form the

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). He is or has been chairman of ''cultural'' causes like Maison de la Radio Flagey s.a. and Flagey asbl, and board member of Quartier des Arts asbl, the International

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, of Europalia International vzw, the Vlaamse Academische Stichting vzw, and of the

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(Public Benefit Foundation). He has been honored as a ''Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau'' (Dutch) and ''Officier in de Leopoldsorde'' (Belgian).

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