Paul Henri Maria,

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Buysse, CMG,

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(born 17 March 1945, in Antwerp) is a

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businessman. He is the main author of the Belgian Code for

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(''Code Buysse'').

Education

Paul Buysse holds a degree in Business Management from the ''Hoger Antwerps Marketing Instituut in Publiciteit, Marketing and PR''. He graduated from the

Tenneco Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive and originally Tennessee Gas Transmission Company) is an American automotive components original equipment manufacturer and an aftermarket ride control and emissions products manufacturer. It is a Fortune 5 ...

Advanced Management Programme ( Mont Pelerin, Switzerland).

Career

He started his career in 1966 at

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, after which he joined

British Leyland British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partl ...

Belgium in 1976. In 1980 Buysse became executive director of Tenneco Belgium and managing director of J.I. Case Benelux and subsequently in 1984 he became general manager Europe North – J.I. Case, International Harvester and Poclain. In 1988, he joined

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as group managing director of Hansen Transmissions International and was appointed in 1989 as group chief executive BTR Automotive and Engineering Group. In 1991 Paul Buysse was appointed group chief executive BTR Engineering and Dunlop Overseas and became executive director BTR plc (

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) in 1992. In 1998 he became CEO of Vickers plc (London), after which in 2000 he joined the

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Group as chairman of the board, which he remained until May 2014. In addition, Baron Paul Buysse was or is chairman of the College of Censors of the

National Bank of Belgium The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; nl, Nationale Bank van België, french: Banque nationale de Belgique, german: Belgische Nationalbank) has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% pr ...

, chairman of Immobel, founder-president of NEA (a socio-economic reflection centre), member of the executive committee of the

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(FEB), member of the high council of the

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, member of the Belgian Council of

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- Fontainebleau, member of the board of directors

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(Flemish employers federation), chairman of FBNet Belgium ( Family Business Network Belgium).

Honours

National honours

* Created the noble title "Knight", for life, by Royal Decree in 1994 of King Albert. * Raised in the hereditary nobility with the title "Baron", for himself, by Royal decree in 1999. * Created Count, for himself and for his descendants, by Royal Decree of 2 April 2014, by King Philippe of Belgium. * Grand Officer in the

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by Royal decree of 2005.

Others

* Commander of the

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, by Royal Decree. * Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. * Officer of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

. * Officer of the

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.Adelbrieven verleend door Z.M. Albert II, Koning der Belgen, 1993–2000.- pag. 50

References

Sources

Code Buysse

Third Belgo-British Conference : Opening speech by Minister Rik Daems at the Third Belgo-British conference
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