Board of Governors

Determines the Foundation's policy and is responsible for its budget and accounts.

Mission

The King Baudouin Foundation’s Board of Governors defines the guidelines for the Foundation’s policy. It also assumes final responsibility for the budget and accounts.

Composition

The Board of Governors has a Chair, two Vice-Chairs and a maximum of 12 Board Members, including the Managing Director.

Chairman

Pierre Wunsch

Governor of the National Bank of Belgium

Vice-Chairs

Karl-Heinz Lambertz

Former President of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community

Lieze Cloots

Head of Environment - Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal

Managing Director

Brieuc Van Damme

Chief Executive Officer

Governors

Jean-Pol Boone

Digital and e-commerce entrepreneur (Inoopa), president a.i. of Europal Packaging

Hakima Darhmouch

Independent Senior Advisor at akkanto

Fons Duchateau

Network Coordinator – Integration Manager of the GZA-ZNA Network of Antwerp Hospitals

Céline Fremault

Former Brussels minister - President of IRSA (Royal Institute for the Deaf and Blind)

Vincent Houssiau

Head of Cabinet to His Majesty the King

Louis Jonckheere

Co-founder and CEO Wintercircus, Gent

Meryame Kitir

Former Member of Parliament Vooruit

David O'Sullivan

EU Sanctions Envoy – Directorate-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA)

Sabine Taevernier

Vice Chair, Topstukkenraad (Advisory board on cultural goods of the Flemish Community), Chair, Ensor Advisory Committee

Operation

New members to the Board of Governors are elected by a two-thirds majority by sitting Governors or their representatives. Each mandate is for four years and may be renewed once. The upper age limit to exercise a mandate as governor is 70.

The Governors elect a Chair and two Vice-Chairs from the Board Members. The Chair is appointed for a term of two years, a mandate that may be renewed once.

The Board of Governors acts by majority vote.