Claire Tillekaerts

clairetillekaerts

Regent since 18 May 2020

Chairwoman of the Council of Regency since 18 May 2020

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Law

Postgraduate diploma in Management

Career

2012 - 30/06/2022: CEO of Flanders Investment & Trade
2006 - 2012: General Director of Flanders Investment & Trade
2001 - 2006: Head of Legal Department at the Hogeschool Gent
Associatie Universiteit Gent
1980 - 2001: Lawyer at the Bar of Ghent
1984 - 1990: Assistant at the University of Ghent (UGent)

Current mandates or functions

  • Flemish Agency for Foreign Trade
    Member of the Board
  • Belgisch Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Internationale Tentoonstellingen - Commissariat général belge pour les expositions internationales
    Member of the Management committee
  • De Warande
    Member of the Board
  • Internationaal Filmfestival Vlaanderen Gent
    Chair
  • National Delcredere Office (Credendo - Belgian export credit agency)
    Member of the Board
  • UGent
    Member of the Board
  • Vlaams-Europees Verbindingsagentschap (VLEVA) (Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe)
    Member of the Board
  • Flanders House New York
    Member of the Board
  • CIFAL Flanders
    Member of the Board
  • Belgian National Orchestra
    Member of the Board
  • ScaleHealth Belgium
    Member of the Advisory Board

Past mandates or functions

  • Flanders DC
    Member of the Board
  • Jobpunt Vlaanderen (human resources consultancy)
    Member of the Board
  • NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders)
    Member of the Board
  • Flemish Audiovisual Fund
    Member of the Board
  • National Bank of Belgium
    Member of the Board of Censors (15.05.2017-18.05.2020)
  • Vlamingen in de Wereld
    Member of the Board
  • Concertgebouw Brugge
    Member of the Board