Philippe André Eugène, Baron Bodson (2 November 1944 – 4 April 2020) was a

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businessman and politician. He served in the Belgian

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from 1999 to 2003.

Education

Bodson graduated as civil engineer at the

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

(ULg) and obtained a Master of Business Administration at

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

(

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, France)

Career

Bodson started his career at

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where he worked for three years. He then worked for four years for the Daus Bank in Germany and the United States. In 1977, he started working for

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.

, where he would be the

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from 1980 until 1989. From September 1989 until December 1998, he was a non-executive member of the board of directors of Fortis. From 1999 until 2003, he was a

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in the

Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parlia ...

for the Mouvement reformateur. From 2004 until 2010, he was a Director at Fortis. In 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Product. In addition he was also a member of several other companies, such as: Exmar where he was President of the Board, he was a board member at Ashmore Energy (USA), CIB, President of , member of the advice committee of CSFB Europa, Hermes Asset Management Europe Ltd., and of Cobepa/Cobehold. He recently also served as the President of the BeCapital board, a cleantech private equity founded by , Compagnie Financière Benjamin de Rothschild and BeCitizen. In the past he was a member of the

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Coudenberg group.

Death

Bodson died 4 April 2020 from

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References

External links

Philippe Bodson

Statement by Mr. Philippe Bodson on His Nomination as CEO of Lernout and Hauspie

Speech for Philippe Bodson
- FFPI Conference
Bio of Philippe Bodson as Chairperson of BeCapital, a cleantech private equity fund

Coronavirus : Philippe Bodson, ex-patron de Tractebel, de la FEB et Glaverbel, est décédé ce matin
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