DATE OF BIRTH
1951
NATIONALITY
Belgian
MAIN QUALIFICATIONS
BSc. & MSc. Geology, Mineralogy (Catholic University of Louvain, 1976).
Postgraduate certificate in Water science (University of Paris VI, 1977).
OTHER TRAINING SKILLS
Business management – Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium (1990).
Ecole des Mines, Paris: Mathematical models in hydrogeology (1977).
Catholic University of Louvain (1991): Production and spreading of exhaust gas pollutants, Environment & Industrial constraints.
LANGUAGES
French, English, Dutch
WORK EXPERIENCE (1975 - present)
Studies, conception, execution, development, financial and technical management, execution guidelines, monitoring-assessment of projects on rural and urban hydraulics.
Hydrogeology, research and use of underground waters.
Risks and impacts, environmental vulnerability on water resources management.
Assistance and institutional strengthening of management skills on water resources.
Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Sultanate of Oman, Tanzania, Tunisia, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.