ABRA Meeting 6 December 2018

ABRA Meeting – Thursday 6 December

The December meeting of ABRA was held at Partena, Boulevard Louis Mettewie 74-76, 1080 Brussels. The guest speaker was Christine Sullivan of Fragomen Global Immigration Services who spoke on how companies in the EU can prepare for a Deal or No Deal Brexit. To download a PDF of the Brexit presentation click here.  Michael Penning gave a presentation on the Community Help Service (CHS). To download a PDF of the CHS presentation click here. Photo captions are below the photos.

  1. ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, welcomes Michael Penning, CHS
  2. Guest speaker Christine Sullivan and Michael Penning being greeted by meeting host Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
  3. Audience
  4. ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, opens the meeting
  5. Audience
  6. Meeting host Partena presentation by Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
  7. Audience
  8. Sabine Huber, Altair, ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING and Bieke Wolff, Premier Suites Plus Antwerp
  9. Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
  10. Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
  11. Noémie De Crombrugghe, Martin’s Hotels, Isabelle Meulemeester and Karolien Geers, both of  Putters Int
  12. Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS, Sebastian Dohmen, John’s IS, Filip Goorden, Arass Hotel & Business Flats and Steven Lips, Expatica
  13. ABRA Guests Xavier Vierstraete and Sabri Belhadj, both of Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
  14. Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
  15. ABRA board member Sandra Van Bellingen and Abdes Belall, both of BBF Furnished Apartments
  16. Audience
  17. Presentation by Michael Penning, CHS
  18. ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair, welcomes new members and guests
  19. ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, closes the meeting
  20. Reception following the meeting
  21. Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E and Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
  22. Cristina Rojas and Neriman Turker, both of IMMOBE
  23. Estelle Cormond and Florian Dierckx, both of Aspria Royal la Rasante and ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus
  24. Eléonore van Rijckevorsel, Bright Expats, Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS and Alex Albert, Team Relocations
  25. ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus
  26. New ABRA member Fanny Sterckx, Transworld International, Pieter Moeremans, Plannr.eu and Isabelle Meulemeester, Putters Int
  27. Maru Lozano, The Map Group and ABRA Guest Xavier Vierstraete, Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
  28. Liesbeth Van de Meersche, The Map Group
  29. New ABRA member Fanny Sterckx, Transworld International
  30. ABRA board member Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena B&E, Dieter Hauwaerts, Bavex and Sabine Huber, Altair
  31. Emma Zigan, ISB
  32. Sebastian Dohmen, John’s IS, Maru Lozano and Julie Flemal, both The Map Group
  33. Rahil Shaikh, Sweet Inn and Noémie De Crombrugghe, Martin’s Hotels
  34. ABRA board members Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair and Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena B&E and Sabine Huber, Altair
  35. Steven Lips, Expatica and Filip Goorden, Arass Hotel & Business Flats
  36. Filip Declercq, Expat Co
  37. Nathalie Janssen, Santa Fe Relocation, Julien Vanlaeys, Citadines and Buidi Mundadi, Santa Fe Relocation
  38. ABRA board member Pauline Six, Bright Expats
  39. Aurelie Steinbach, Partena B&E
  40. Sunil Reddy and Gianluca Panti, both DY Patil IS
  41. ABRA board member Eric Klitsch
  42. Buidi Mundadi and Nathalie Janssen, both Santa Fe Relocation
  43. ABRA board member Alexander De Nys, Fragomen
  44. ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium and ABRA president Isabelle Premont, The Map Group
  45. Tilly Plovie, Team Relocations
  46. Sebastian Dohmen, St. John’s IS
  47. Filip Declercq and Christophe Vandeputte, both Expat & Co
  48. Isabelle Esterzon, Partena B&E
  49. Rahil Shaikh, Sweet Inn, and ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair
  50. Eléonore van Rijckevorsel, Bright Expats and Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
  51. ABRA board member Sandra Van Bellingen, BBF Furnished Apartments and ABRA guest Erik Dockx, Erdo Relocation
  52. David Young, The Brussels Times and Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS
  53. Milos Sitarica, Da Vinci IS and Steven Lips, Expatica
  54. ABRA guest Felix de Merode, Ecole Européenne Bruxelles Argenteuil and Alex Albert, Team Relocations