Speaker at national and international conferences on geopolitics, economics and economic policy. Professor Corporate Finance and European policy (University of Ghent, Nancy and BMI) and outstanding International and European experience (MIT, European Commission, European Council and European Social and Economic Committee). Masters in Thomistic Philosophy (KUL), Economy (KUL) and European economy (college of Europe). Co-founder of EBAN, the European Business Angels Network and of FREE (the Foundation for the Research on Education and Entrepreneurship). Columnist (FD Magazine, CXO and Trends) and author of several books (40+) and papers (500+) on corporate finance, politics and economics. His handbooks ‘Financial Management in Practice’ and ‘Entrepreneurship, no guts, no glory’ (both Intersentia, Cambridge), are widely used both in academic and business world. And recently he developed his vision on Belgium in his book Corona, electroshock for Belgium and on Europe in his book ‘Europe, a new impetus post-Brexit).