| Partner, Senior Hydrogeologist, Founder and Managing Director of HYDRO-R&D sprl, become HRDI since 2008

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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.