Helga Coppen
Regent since 17 May 2021
Profession
Deputy General Director of the Social and Economic Council of Flanders (SERV)
Studies
- Master’s in Social Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2007)
- Master’s in Business Law, University of Antwerp (2004)
- Degree in Law, University of Ghent (2002)
Career
- Deputy General Director of SERV (since 2017)
- Advisor in the research department of the Flemish Socialist trade union Vlaams ABVV (2014 - 2016)
- Advisor in the cabinet of the Flemish Vice-Minister-President and Minister for Innovation, Public Investment, Media and Poverty Reduction and the Flemish Minister for Housing, Energy, Social Economy and Cities (2009 - 2014)
- Advisor in the cabinet of the Flemish Minister for Work, Education and Training (2007 - 2009)
- Advisor in the research department of the Flemish Socialist Party sp.a (2005 - 2007)
- Lawyer at the Opdebeeck & De Groote law firm (2002 - 2005)
Other current functions or mandates
- Member of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Erasmushogeschool (EhB - Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts) (since 2017)
- Member of the Executive Board and the General Assembly of the ESF-Agentschap (European Social Fund Agency for Flanders) (since 2019)
Past functions or mandates
- Member of the Executive Board of the Flemish public employment service, Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (VDAB), as government representative for budget and finance (2010 - 2014) and then as a member (2015 - 2016)
- Member of the Executive Board of Syntra Vlaanderen, the Flemish Agency for EntrepreurshipTraining (2014 - 2015)
- Member of the Executive Board of EVA Integratie en Inburgering, the Flemish Agency for Integration and Inclusion (2014)
- Member of the Flemish Government’s Audit Committee (2012 - 2014)