Lieutenant General Marc Thys MSc Eng entered the Royal School of Cadets in Laeken in 1977. In 1980, he was admitted to the 135th Polytechnic Promotion of the Royal Military Academy. After his training as an Armour Officer in Stockem, he began his professional career with the 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles in Arolsen (Germany) where […]
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Colonel (GS) Tom Bilo BAR
Colonel (GS) Tom Bilo is currently the Director of the Belgian Special Operations Command. In this capacity, he is Special Operations Advisor to the Chief of Defence. Colonel (GS) Bilo has responsibilities in all areas of special operations, such as vision and strategy, capacity development, education, training and operations. Colonel (GS) Tom Bilo obtained a […]
Lieutenant-Colonel (GS) Christophe Comhair BAR
Lieutenant-Colonel (GS) Christophe Comhair is currently the Commanding Officer of the Belgian Special Forces Group. In this capacity, he oversees the unit’s all operational, logistical and administrative processes to assure the high readiness and rapid deployability of Belgium’s Tier 1 Special Operations Capacity. Lt-Col Chris Comhair obtained a Master’s Degree in Military and Social Sciences […]
Drs Bernard Sim’an MPhil Eng Civil
Drs Bernard Siman MPhil Eng Civil is a Senior Associate Fellow in the “Europe in the World” Programme at Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations in Belgium, which is the Think Tank of the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Drs Siman is also the Head of Financial and Cyber Diplomacy at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy […]
Mr. Peter Booms
Mr. Peter Booms is a Counsellor at the Belgian Permanent Representation to the EU. In this function, Mr. Booms represents Belgium in the EU Working Party on Enhancing Resilience and Countering Hybrid Threats (ERCHT). After a short lecturing career as a University Lecturer in Istanbul (Turkey), Mr. Peter Booms joined the Belgian Diplomatic Service in […]
Lieutenant Colonel Michäel Fallay BAF (OF4)
Lieutenant Colonel Michäel Fallay BAF (OF4) has been active within the NATO and Belgian Intelligence Community for the last 20 years. A university graduate in Political Sciences, he started his career as Civil Servant within the SGRS Crisis Cell in 2000 mostly working in the Balkans. Lieutenant Colonel Fallay then choose to enter the military […]
Major Nicolas Gérôme BAF Eng
Major Nicolas Gérôme Eng is a Telecom Engineer from the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. He has a complimentary degree in Space Mission Design & Operations from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He started his career for the Belgian Air Force in Control Reporting Center in Glons (an Air Defence Unit). Afterwards he was assigned […]
Mr. Bruno Vermeire
Mr. Bruno Vermeire is Global Chief Information Security Officer for RHEA Group, responsible for ensuring the application and compliance of RHEA’s information security-related processes across all the countries in which RHEA operates. He works closely with RHEA’s company officers, business managers and cybersecurity and IT teams to safeguard both RHEA and client data, reinforcing our […]
Mr. Jeroen Franssen
Jeroen Franssen is Senior Labor Market Expert working for the largest Belgian sector Federation Agoria. Over 2000 companies with Technological and/or Digital main activities are represented by this Federation. Mr. Jeroen Franssen has a background in Communications. Before joining Agoria’s Studies Centre, he piloted several Software building Companies, mainly focussing on HR-software. These Companies were […]
Dr Octávia Frota
Dr Octávia Frota holds a Degree in Chemistry and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering Sciences (Aerospace – Solid Propulsion) awarded by the University of Coimbra (Portugal). In addition, she has been awarded a PhD by UK Defence Academy/Cranfield University on the subject of Cook-Off of Ammunition Systems. Her early professional experience includes research projects […]