New governing body for VIL

At the General Statutory Assembly on June 24, 2025, the members of VIL elected a new governing body.

Following directors were re-elected for another four-year term:

• AET - Yves De Larivière, Managing Director
• Colruyt Group - Dirk Leemans, Head Centre of Excellence Supply Chain
• DHL International - Danny Van Himste, Managing Director
• Gilbert De Clercq - Filip De Clercq, General Manager
• Cotton Nation - Tim Leysen, Site Director
• Nike ELC - Kurt Van Donink, Vice President Logistics Europe
• Pfizer - Nico Bogaerts, Global Customs & Compliance Lead
• Samsonite Europe - Wim Baert, Vice President Sales Administration & Logistics

Two new representatives join the governing body:

• Barry Callebaut Group - Evelien Thienpondt, Site Manager
• H.Essers - Bob Van Steenweghen, Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs

In addition, the renewal of the mandates of the strategic partners - imec, Flanders

Make, VITO and VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council) - ratified.

The representatives of the strategic partners are:

• imec - Jan Adriaenssens, Director Connected Society & Embedded Groups
• Flanders Make - Marc Engels, Chief Division Officer
• VITO - Peter Vercaemst, Deputy CEO
• VLIR - Mark Juwet, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering at KU Leuven

" In a rapidly changing economic and policy environment, VIL aims to establish itself as an innovation platform for logistics even more strongly and offer its members more added value. With this ambition, the new board team goes to work with confidence and vigor." – Danny Van Himste, President of VIL