• Human Resources Manager at Athlon Car Lease Belux and De Lage Landen Belgium (Rabobank Group) (February 2008 – June 2013): leasing company with 250 employees spread over 5 legal entities.

• Staffing & HR Development Manager at DELHAIZE (July 2004 – January 2008): retailer with 16.000 employees and worked for Delhaize, Delhaize AD, City Delhaize, Caddy Home, Tom&Co and DI.

• Senior Consultant (Team Leader Recruitment team) at DE POST (June 2003 – December 2003): postal services organisation with at that time around 24.000 employees.

• Human Resources Officer at KPMG (June 2001 – May 2003): a 1200 employee audit and tax advice firm.

• Recruitment Officer at CITY BIRD (July 2000 – June 2001): Former Belgian airline company with 600 employees.

• Independent psychologist/ psychotherapist/ HR Consultant/ Psychology teacher (October 1997 – January 2002): worked via R&S Management Consultancy for Euroclear, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Schering Plough International and Sodexho.
  

• HR management from A to Z for Belgium and Luxemburg in 6 legal entities (including Shared Service Centers)
  
  
• Introduction of HR procedures
  
  
• People Management of HR professionals (payroll, recruiters, development specialists, HR business partners)
  
  
• Recruitment and selection from A to Z: bulk recruitment to high level specialist/ board member level in diverse roles/ domains using diverse methods (job fairs, in depth interviewing, testing and assessment centres)
  
  
• Training policy development and implementation
  
  
• Talent development and management, succession planning, career management and coaching of line management and company director
  
  
• Leadership and management development
  
  
• Function classification and compensation and benefits policy development and alignment
  
  
• Performance management
  
  
• Employer branding
  
  
• HR Information Systems and HR applications: determination of needs, selection and implementation
  
  
• Internal and external communication
  
  
• Optimisation of Social relations management (works-council and safety-council)
  
  
• Successful psychotherapy with individuals, couples and families

Education

Secondary education at the Royal Athenaeum Aalst:
Latin - Sciences - Mathematics – Sports, 1991

Master in Psychology, Thesis: Parent Education, University Ghent, 1997

Academic Teacher training/Aggregation, Free University Brussels, 1998

Specialisation in Experiential Psychotherapy, Thesis: Wellness: the route towards professional wellbeing
University Ghent, 2000

Postgraduate in Management Studies
Catholic University Leuven, 2003

Several in-company trainings