- Karel Vinck
Karel Vinck is a Belgian businessman. In
1994 the readers of the weekly business magazine Trends chose him to be the Manager of the year. He graduated as a Master in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven , Belgium) and got an MBA fromCornell University (Ithaca, New York ,United States ).Career
He started his career at
Eternit . Afterwards Karel Vinck was director of Bekaert N.V from1985 up to1994 .In1995 , he started working for Union Minière, where he led the restructuring of the company.He is also a member of the Board of Suez-Tractebel, Tessenderlo Group, of the
Catholic University of Leuven and of the "Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie". He is Co-ordinator of theEuropean Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) with theEuropean Commission , and chairman ofCumerio . Karel Vinck is honorary chairman of the Flemish employers association (VEV), and Chairman of theFlemish Science Policy Council .ources
* [http://www.governance.umicore.com/en/boardDirectors/ Karel Vinck] (Umicore)
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