Pieter Timmermans
Regent since 27 May 2013
Profession
Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB/VBO)
Qualifications
- Master of Public Administration - Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel HUB (1993) (formerly Economische Hogeschool St.-Aloysius EHSAL)
Degree in Commercial Engineering, specialising in Finance – KU Leuven University (1986)
- Certificate of Completion for the Stanford Executive Program (SEP) – Graduate School of Business (Stanford University - USA) (2011)
Career
2012 - present |
Chief Executive Officer |
16.08.1998 – 18.07.2012 |
Director – Director-general |
1994 – 2007 |
Lecturer in « Public Finances » |
2003 – 2006 |
“Fellow van het Hogenheuvelcollege” (Research fellow) linked to the Department of Applied Economic Sciences – KU Leuven |
1993 – 1998 |
Socio-economic advisor to the |
1990 – 1992 |
Finance Advisor |
1989 – 1990 |
Member of the Research Service |
1986 – 1987 |
Assistant to the Department of Applied Economic Sciences |
Other current mandates or functions
- KU Leuven
Endowed visiting professor at the Faculty of Economics & Business
- BusinessEurope
the European employers’ federation in which Belgian employers are represented by the FEB/VBO
Member of the Executive Committee
Past mandates or functions
- Brussels Metropolitan Region (BMR)
Member of the Board of Directors
- Prins Albertfonds
Member of the Board
- Central Economic Council
Vice-President
- National Labour Council
Vice-President
- Aedifcas foundation
Member of the Board
- Belgian Foreign Trade Agency
Member of the Board
Publications
Besides various publications in scientific reviews and speeches/presentations for symposia, study days and conferences, also (co-)author of the following books and essays:
Books
- We kunnen winnen. Optimistisch over onze welvaart (2012), d. Lannoo Campus Press; in French, published by Edition Racine under the title Credo pour gagner (2012)
- De essentie van het sociaal-economisch overleg: vertrouwen, durf en leiderschap (2008), VBO Publishing
- Diensten in België. Een gids doorheen de strukturen van de self-service economie (1991), Pauli Publishing
Essays
- 6 maanden na de lockdown – 10 lessons learned naar aanleiding van de pandemie Covid-19 (2020)
- 1998-2018: 20x de opinie van Pieter Timmermans (2018)
- Brexit: scheiden doet lijden. Een analyse en perspectief om de schade te beperken (2018)
- Strategische keuzes voor een performant sociaaleconomisch beleid: Apocalypse now, killing me softly or a bright future? (2010)
- Het sociaal-economisch overlegmodel: 10 veranderingen, 10 lessen! (2007)
- Sporen voor een toekomstgericht industriebeleid in België: analyse en denkoefening door de Ravensteingroep (2007)