Piet Van Waeyenberge
Piet Paul August, Baron Van Waeyenberge is a Belgian businessman. He is a son of Camille Van Waeyenberge and a brother of Jozef Van Waeyenberge. He was one of the founders, and is currently president, of business club De Warande. He is married to Wina Proesmans and together they have 3 children.Biography
He graduated in 1956 from high school at the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in Brussels and obtained a licentiate in Commercial and Financial Sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain in 1960. In 1962 he obtained a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois Champaign and in 1963 a Master of Business Administration at INSEAD. In 1978, he attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Sobelder s.a., VUM Media/Corelio n.v., Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, and of
Campina Melkunie NV.
He is honorary chairman of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond, member of the Supervisory Board of Campina Melkunie n.v., of Koninklijke Sphinx Gustavsberg n.v. and of De Eik Beheer b.v..
In 1988, he founded Asphales, later renamed as Fortales n.v. and was a director of Almanij.
He is or has been chairman of cultural causes like Maison de la Radio Flagey s.a. and Flagey asbl, and board member of Quartier des Arts asbl, the International Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, of Europalia International vzw, the Vlaamse Academische Stichting vzw, and of the Francqui Foundation.
He has been honored as a Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau and Officier in de Leopoldsorde.
