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Charles de Liedekerke

Investor

Investment Committee (Inventures II) at Inventures Investment Partners

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Charles de Liedekerke is a Belgian executive with over 35 years of experience in international business, investments, and family enterprises. He holds a law degree from the Catholic University of Louvain and has served in senior operational and financial roles at major industrial companies including Lafarge, Bekaert, and Cobepa, where he held the chairmanship through 2010. He currently serves as a board member at Bekaert and holds directorships in several other companies, and founded the Interuniversity Philippe de Woot Award to promote corporate social responsibility in management education.

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Experience

  1. BekaertMember of the Boardcurrent1988 — presentBelgium
  2. STAK BekaertChairmancurrent2011 — present
  3. Philippe de Woot AwardFoundercurrent2008 — present
  4. CobepaMember of the Boardcurrent2005 — presentBelgium
  5. VIANGROS SAMember Advisory Boardcurrent2007 — presentBelgium
  6. Carrières du HainautChairman of the Boardcurrent2005 — present
  7. Joris IDE NV - The Steel futureChairman Of The Board2011 — 2015Belgium
  8. ISFI SpicesChairman & CEO2008 — 2014Belgium

Education

  1. Université catholique de LouvainMaster's degree, Droit1974 — 1977
  2. Université de NamurBachelor's degree, Droit1972 — 1974

Skills & more

Team Leadership1Industrial Organization1International Business3Executive Management3Operations Management4Corporate Governance1Restructuring1Private EquityFamily BusinessBoard of DirectorsChange ManagementQuality Management
+6 moreFinancial ReportingCorporate Social ResponsibilityConstruction materialsMining and quarryingSteel transformationHerbs and Spices

Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Français · Neerlandais

From Charles's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Université catholique de Louvain52

Thomas DelplanqueRegulatory Director at Hummingbird VenturesIñigo López-HuertaCFO at Ysios CapitalPaul VarassoPrincipal at Axeleo CapitalJérôme WittamerCo-founder and Managing Partner at Expon CapitalYves TrouveroyInvestment Partner at E-Capital Equity ManagementVincent BrichardVenture Partner at EQT Life Sciences

+ 46 more

Also attended Université de Namur8

Maciej LehmannInvestment Associate at Future Energy VenturesGauthier van der ElstPartner at ScaleFundMartin SchmitzFP&A Director at DataCamp at Syndicate OneDominique PellegrinoCEO & Co-founder, Vertuoza at Syndicate OneJean-Charles VelgeCo-Founder at Qover at Syndicate OneLorenz BogaertCo-founder & Board Member at Pitchdrive

+ 2 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Bekaert5

Cédric Van NevelPartner at Qbic FundDanny GonnissenPartner at Qbic FundMax ParmentierCo-founder and CEO, Birdie at Syndicate OneEric PeetersAdvisory Board Expert at Qbic FundHeinrich ArnoldLead Partner - DACH at Creative Dock Group

Also worked at Cobepa5

Hiram ClausInvestment Director at NPM Capital N.V.Reginald de WasseigeVC at Augmentum Fintech at Syndicate OneGilles DavignonManaging Director at Impact Expansion Management SarlJohn MairlotInvestor at Aqua SparkAllegra Kowalewski-FerreiraInvestor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Also worked at Carrières du Hainaut1

Hiram ClausInvestment Director at NPM Capital N.V.

Colleagues at Inventures Investment Partners

Anne Prignon
Investor at Inventures Investment Partners
Bruno de Radzitzky
Partner and Head of Fund Services at Inventures Investment Partners
Laurent Jouret
Partner and Head of Corporate Services at Inventures Investment Partners
Olivier Coppieters
Investor at Inventures Investment Partners
Olivier de Duve
Managing Partner and Head of Investment Services at Inventures Investment Partners
Pierre Battard
Investor at Inventures Investment Partners
Xavier Péters
Investor at Inventures Investment Partners