ABRA AGM & Meeting 29 May 2018

The ABRA AGM & Meeting took place on Tuesday 29 May at BNP Paribas Fortis, Rue Royale 20, 1000 Brussels starting at 16.30. At the AGM three new members Pauline Six , Bright Expats, Alexander De Nys, Fragomen and Sandra Van Bellingen, BBF Serviced Apartments were elected to the board. The following returning Affiliate representatives were re-elected: Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium, Fiona Klomp, Illus Communications, Salvatore Orlando, BNP Paribas Fortis and Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena Business & Expats. The guest speaker was Monica Schettino, Well-Being Manager Aspria Group, who spoke on fitness and well being.

  1. The ABRA AGM was opened by President Isabelle Premont, the Map Group
  2. Andrea Howard, The Map Group, Pauline Six, Bright Expats, Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium and Katrien Vanden Waeyenberg, Partena B & E waiting for the AGM to start
  3. The AGM was held  in the Lorraine room at BNP Paribas Fortis Rue Royale 20
  4. The meeting following the AGM was opened by President Isabelle Premont, the Map Group
  5. Meeting host Salvatore Orlando, BP Paribas Fortis, welcoming guests
  6. Audience
  7. Guest Speaker Monica Schettino, Aspria Group
  8. New ABRA board member Alexander De Nys, Fragomen, returning board members Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair and Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
  9. New board member Sandra Van Bellingen, BBF Serviced Apartments
  10. Deborah Loones, Relocation Belgium
  11. Guest Speaker Monica Schettino, Aspria Group
  12. Filip Goorden, Arass Hotel & Business Flats
  13. Cedric Clauws & Tine Vanmoer, both of Home Consult
  14. Membership Committee report by ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair
  15. Events Committee report by ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
  16. Relocation Committee report by ABRA board member Eric Klitsch, Brusssels Relocation
  17. Hendrik Coremans & Dries Van den Broeck, both BBF & Isaac García, RentMore
  18. Robbie Vercarre, RentMore
  19. Nathalie Janssen, Santa Fe Relocation
  20. Andrea Howard, The Map Group & Rudy Scheepmans, ING Belgium
  21. New ABRA board member Alexander De Nys, Fragomen
  22. Neriman Turker & Cristina Rojas, both of AEDIFICA
  23. Alexandre Roussel, BNP Paribas Fortis
  24. Johan Van de Vijver, CERAN, Robbie Vercarre, RentMore & Filip Winnepenninckx, Belsquare Residence
  25. Tine Vanmoer, Home Consult
  26. Tilly Plovie, Team Relocations
  27. Newly elected ABRA board members Pauline Six, Bright Expats, Sandra Van Bellingen, BBF Serviced Apartments, & Alexander De Nys, Fragomen
  28. Christian Culot, Santa Fe Relocation
  29. Frederik Godefroid, BBF Serviced Apartments
  30. Johan Van de Vijver, CERAN & Filip Winnepenninckx, Belsquare Residence
  31. Dries Van den Broeck, BBF
  32. Humberto Cardoso Aires, The Bulletin
  33. ABRA board members Pauline Six, Bright Expats & Katrien Vanden Waeyenberg, Partena
  34. ABRA guest Pieter Moeremans, My Global Dreams & Steven Lips, Expatica
  35. Katrien Vanden Waeyenberg, Partena B & E & Filip Winnepenninckx, Belsquare Residence
  36. Board member Salvatore Orlando, of meeting host BNP Paribas Fortis & ABRA President Isabelle Premont, the Map Group