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On this next episode of 48 Minutes: Paul Van Oyen, the outgoing CEO of Etex.
Etex is a multinational construction materials company with roots in Belgium. Their slogan is “Inspiring Ways of Living”, which intrigues me by the mere fact that it contains the word “inspiring”.
Paul and I met each other through the Belgian’s 40 Under 40 program, where he interviewed me and caught my attention within the first five minutes of talking to him.
I got to know Paul as an atypical and purpose driven...
Published 11/30/21
Published 11/30/21
In this episode I talk to one of my personal role models Jerry Colonna.
Jerry is a world class executive coach and is often referred to as the CEO whisperer.
He coaches many Silicon Valley startup CEOs and coached amongst others Brad Feld from the Foundry Group, Chad Dickerson from Etsy and Alexander Ljung from Soundcloud.
People would describe Jerry as “the best in the world”, “ a life savior” and “A trojan horse of the best kind”.
He is also the co-founder of Reboot, a coaching company...
Published 09/27/21
In deze aflevering spreek ik met Lieven Vanlommel, CEO van Foodmaker en StarMeal, twee voedingsbedrijven die gezonde voeding naar de massa brengen. Momenteel zijn ze actief in België, Nederland en Frankrijk, maar de ambitie reikt veel verder. Lieven zijn droom is om een wereldleider te worden in gezonde maaltijden en meer te verkopen dan McDonalds in alle landen waar hij actief is. Lieven won verschillende prijzen voor zijn ondernemingszin, waaronder de Mercuriusprijs met Foodmaker, een prijs...
Published 06/24/21
In today’s episode I talk to Steven Peleman, who is a sustainability and circular economy expert that recently left his golden cage at Deloitte and started his own venture, Triple Helix. With Triple Helix, Steven plans on building circular and sustainable material companies and using his knowledge and skills to make the world a better place. Earlier this morning he got the newspaper front page with the announcement of the opening of SurePure, a recycling company for polyurethane.
I got to...
Published 06/08/21
In deze aflevering van 48 minutes spreek ik met Jeroen Wils, criminoloog, journalist en ondernemer. Hij was één van de sleutelfiguren in de verslaggeving rond de Dutroux affaire in de jaren 90 en was nadien onder andere chef nieuws bij VTM. Hij had ook zijn eigen misdaad documentaireprogrammas. Nadien ontwaakte de ondernemer in hem en richtte hij meerdere PR en communicatiebedrijven op die later werden overgenomen door MediaFin. Recent nam Jeroen de beslissing om een professionele break te...
Published 05/25/21
In this episode I have the honor to talk to Bart De Smet, who is the former CEO and current Chairman of Ageas Group, an International insurance group, active in 14 countries and employing around 45000 employees worldwide. Bart holds several board positions in Belgium and abroad and is the president of the Federation of Belgian Entreprises. Before joining Ageas he was active in Fortis, ING, Nationale Suisse and Argenta.
In 2016 he got the prestigious Manager of the year Award by the...
Published 05/04/21
Today in 48 minutes, Elke Geraerts. Elke is the CEO and founder of Better Minds at Work, a company that focuses on the human capital of their clients. What’s unique about them is that they translate scientific research into a day-to-day approach to...
Published 04/22/21
In this episode of 48 Minutes I speak to the one and only José Woldring. José is the founder and CEO of The Media Nanny and SEG Artists. The Media Nanny offers global PR services for artists, events and brands in the entertainment industry and beyond....
Published 02/10/21
In deze aflevering van 48 Minutes praat ik met Joost Callens. Joost is de CEO en voorzitter van het bouwbedrijf Durabrik. Daarnaast zetelt hij in de raden van bestuur van Mixx, Alides, Mathieu Gijbels, Itam, en Vlaamse Confederatie Bouw, en is hij...
Published 01/21/21
Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.Our guest today is Dirk Brossé.Dirk is an internationally acclaimed conductor and award-winning composer. He is currently Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Music Director of the Ghent...
Published 01/06/21
Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.Our guest today is Ronnie Leten. Ronnie is the former CEO of the global industrial player Atlas Copco with headquarters in Stockholm, but active in more than 180 countries and employing almost 40000 employees ....
Published 12/17/20
Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.Our guest today is Marc Bogaerts.Marc is an international choreographer with over 800 productions on his counter. He has designed choreographies for amongst others Cirque du Soleil, the Royal Ballet of Flanders,...
Published 12/09/20
Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes. Today we are honored to introduce to you someone with a truly unique and inspiring life story. Olivier Onghena - ‘T Hooft, a noble purpose entrepreneur and the founder of the Global Inspiration & Noble...
Published 11/17/20
In this episode I talk to David Dessers, the Founder of Cresco Law Firm and author of the book “Innovate, Collaborate, Grow”. Cresco is an innovative, entrepreneurial and somewhat pioneering firm in the Belgian legal market. They mainly serve...
Published 11/12/20
Our guest today is Theo Vaes, one of the most inspiring social entrepreneurs I know. Theo is the founder and driving force behind ArmenTekort, which is a social organisation in my hometown, Antwerp, that focuses on multi-generational poverty. They...
Published 10/09/20
A couple of weeks ago, we had the opportunity to interview Pablo Pantaleoni. He is the VP of Global Strategy & New Ventures at Headspace, the meditation app which has been downloaded more than 62 million times in 190 countries. After 48 Minutes, we...
Published 09/28/20
Sihame El Kaouakibi is thé power house of the Belgian political scene. Last year she was elected as member of the Flemish Parliament for the liberal party. Before going into politics she was mainly known as a social entrepreneur. At age 22 she founded...
Published 08/24/20
Pierre Marcolini is the founder of the so-called Maison Pierre Marcolini. At the age of 14 already Pierre knew he wanted to become a chocolatier and started his education. He did several internships with famous chocolate houses like Wittamer and...
Published 07/28/20
Raissa de Haas is one of the Dutch twin sisters behind Double Dutch, the immensely popular premium mixer brand. Both sisters studied economics at the University of Antwerp where they regularly threw parties for friends. Frustrated by the low excitement...
Published 07/13/20
In this podcast I talk to Pierre Gurdjian. I know Pierre from my previous job at McKinsey, where at that time he was the Managing Partner of the Belgium - Luxembourg offices. He also held international responsibility for McKinsey’s Human Capital...
Published 07/01/20
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