The ABRA AGM & Meeting was held at the British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, 3080 Tervuren. At The AGM the following board members were re-elected: Isabelle Premont of The Map Group, Eric Klitsch of Relocation Belgium, Koen Reekmans of Altair Global, Dave Deruytter of ING Belgium, Fiona Klomp of Illus Communications, Laurence Peters of Thon Hotels, Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh of Partena Business & Expats and Salvatore Orlando of BNP Paribas Fortis. Fabienne Vanderkelen of Altair Global and Charlotte François of The Map Group were elected to the board for the first time. Sabine Castrique of Gosselin Mobility and Gregory Marlier of am&pm relocation have resigned from the board.
The AGM was followed by the member meeting with a panel presentation and Q&A on Brexit by Christine Sullivan, who specializes in Brexit issues at Fragoman Worldwide Immigration Solutions and Glenn Vaughn, Chief Executive, British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. A reception followed the meeting.
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1. Audience Member Meeting
2. Audience Member Meeting
3. Audience Member Meeting
4. ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group
5. ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
6. ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus Communications
7. Brexit panelists Christine Sullivan, Fragomen and Glenn Vaughn, Britcham Belgium
8. Glenn Vaughn, Britcham Belgium
9. Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
10. Audience
11. Audience
12. Audience
13. Question from the audience
14. ABRA board and panel members
15. Moderator Dave Deruytter, panellists, ABRA President Isabelle Premont
16. ABRA President Isabelle Premont and Benedicte Van Bauwel, both The Map Group, and former ABRA President Eddy Bonne, Romulus
17. Agnes Vierendeel, Santa Fe Relocation and new ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair Global
18. Steven den Brinker, Crown World Mobility and Marc Van Hoof, Be Welcome
19. Melanie Warnes, Principle British School of Brussels
20. Hendrik Coremans and Benjamin Matthys both BBF and Cedric Clauws, Home Consult
21. ABRA Vice-President Koen Reekmans, Altair Global
22. Koen Reekmans, Altair Global, Christian Culot and Petra, Boddé, both Santa Fe Relocation, Andrea Howard and Arlet Van Maelsaeke, both am&pm relocation, and Rudy Scheepmans, ING Belgium
23. ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair Global, Benedicte Van Bauwel, The Map Group, and ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
24. Petra, Boddé, Santa Fe Relocation
25. ABRA Guest Sue Kay, EEBA and Gezabel Vazque and Celine Van Lommen both Rentmore
26. Belinda Yates, ISF Waterloo IS
27. ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium and ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group
28. Daniël Poelman, KBC, Neriman Turker, Aedifica and ABRA guest Natalia del Vaglio, MAB Lingua
29. ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group and Kate Van Nuffelen and Sabine, De Pauw, both AIS
30. Celine Van Lommen, Rentmore
31. Francis, Tanaka, Irasshai, Pierre Charron, Marriott International and Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
32. ABRA board member Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena B & E and new board member Charlotte François, The Map Group
33. Christian Culot, Santa Fe Relocation
34. Laura, Petitpre, Expatica
35. Pascale, Hertay, BEPS IS and ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium
36. New board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair Global
37. Robbie, Vercarre, Rentmore
38. Orla, Mc Loughlin, St Paul’s BPS, Melanie Warnes, BSB, Belinda, Yates, ISF Waterloo IS, Pascale, Hertay, BEPS IS
39. Pauline, Six, Bright Expats
40. Agnes Vierendeel and Christian Culot, both Santa Fe Relocation
41. Isaac Garcia, Rentmore and Gertjan, Dondeyne, BBF
42. Benedicte Van Bauwel, The Map Group
43. Pascale Zoetaert, The Bulletin and Tine Soers, Be Welcome
44. Jo Antoons, Fragoman
45. Koen Van der Schaeghe, Vlamingen in de Wereld
46. Fatimzahra Talhimet, AGS Coussaert and former ABRA President Eddy Bonne, Romulus
47. Mukami Namu, BSB
48. Pascale Assemat, St John’s IS
49. Joris Dr Ryck, Compas Int Movers and ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus Communications
50. Mona Ghafarzadeh, KBC
51. Francis Tanaka, Irasshai and Neriman Turker, Aedifica
52. Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B & E
53. Kate Van Nuffelen, AIS, Loes Colpaert, Radisson, Sabine De Pauw, AIS and Charlotte François, The Map Group
54. Christian Culot, Santa Fe Relocation and Rudy Scheepmans, ING Belgium
55. Daniël Poelman, KBC, Omry Apelblat and David Young, both The Brussels Times
56. Reception