Board

The Board of Directors is the company’s supreme decision-making body in all matters other than those in respect of which decision-making powers are reserved to the General Meeting of Shareholders by law or the articles of association. The Board of Directors delegates its management and operational authority to the Bekaert Group Executive. The main task of the Board of Directors, under the leadership of the Chairman, is to determine the company’s general policy and supervise its activities. The Board of Directors has 14 members: 

1. Baron Buysse CMG, CBE
   Chairman of the Board of Directors
2. Bert De Graeve 
   Chief Executive Officer
3. Dr Alan Begg 
4. Baron Bekaert 
5. Roger Dalle 
6. Count Charles de Liedekerke 
7. François de Visscher 
8. Sir Anthony Galsworthy KCMG
9. Hubert Jacobs van Merlen 
10. Maxime Jadot 
11. Lady Barbara Thomas Judge 
12. Bernard van de Walle de Ghelcke 
13. Baudouin Velge
14. Manfred Wennemer  (not on the picture)