Pieter Timmermans

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
Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB/VBO)

16.08.1998 – 18.07.2012

Director – Director-general
FEBVBO
in this capacity responsible in particular for socio-economic issues and the social dialogue

1994 – 2007

Lecturer in « Public Finances »
Centrum voor Voortgezette Opleidingen/Centre for Continued Training of the Vlaamse Ekonomische Hogeschool (VLEKHO) Brussels

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
Federal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Budget

1990 – 1992

Finance Advisor
Research Service of the Ministry of Finance

1989 – 1990

Member of the Research Service
Ministry of Economic Affairs

1986 – 1987

Assistant to the Department of Applied Economic Sciences
KU Leuven

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)