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.
- ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, welcomes Michael Penning, CHS
- Guest speaker Christine Sullivan and Michael Penning being greeted by meeting host Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
- Audience
- ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, opens the meeting
- Audience
- Meeting host Partena presentation by Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
- Audience
- Sabine Huber, Altair, ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING and Bieke Wolff, Premier Suites Plus Antwerp
- Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
- Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
- Noémie De Crombrugghe, Martin’s Hotels, Isabelle Meulemeester and Karolien Geers, both of Putters Int
- Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS, Sebastian Dohmen, John’s IS, Filip Goorden, Arass Hotel & Business Flats and Steven Lips, Expatica
- ABRA Guests Xavier Vierstraete and Sabri Belhadj, both of Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
- Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
- ABRA board member Sandra Van Bellingen and Abdes Belall, both of BBF Furnished Apartments
- Audience
- Presentation by Michael Penning, CHS
- ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair, welcomes new members and guests
- ABRA President Isabelle Premont, The Map Group, closes the meeting
- Reception following the meeting
- Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E and Guest speaker Christine Sullivan, Fragomen
- Cristina Rojas and Neriman Turker, both of IMMOBE
- Estelle Cormond and Florian Dierckx, both of Aspria Royal la Rasante and ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus
- Eléonore van Rijckevorsel, Bright Expats, Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS and Alex Albert, Team Relocations
- ABRA board member Fiona Klomp, Illus
- New ABRA member Fanny Sterckx, Transworld International, Pieter Moeremans, Plannr.eu and Isabelle Meulemeester, Putters Int
- Maru Lozano, The Map Group and ABRA Guest Xavier Vierstraete, Dolce La Hulpe Brussels
- Liesbeth Van de Meersche, The Map Group
- New ABRA member Fanny Sterckx, Transworld International
- ABRA board member Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena B&E, Dieter Hauwaerts, Bavex and Sabine Huber, Altair
- Emma Zigan, ISB
- Sebastian Dohmen, John’s IS, Maru Lozano and Julie Flemal, both The Map Group
- Rahil Shaikh, Sweet Inn and Noémie De Crombrugghe, Martin’s Hotels
- ABRA board members Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair and Katrien Vanden Waeyenbergh, Partena B&E and Sabine Huber, Altair
- Steven Lips, Expatica and Filip Goorden, Arass Hotel & Business Flats
- Filip Declercq, Expat Co
- Nathalie Janssen, Santa Fe Relocation, Julien Vanlaeys, Citadines and Buidi Mundadi, Santa Fe Relocation
- ABRA board member Pauline Six, Bright Expats
- Aurelie Steinbach, Partena B&E
- Sunil Reddy and Gianluca Panti, both DY Patil IS
- ABRA board member Eric Klitsch
- Buidi Mundadi and Nathalie Janssen, both Santa Fe Relocation
- ABRA board member Alexander De Nys, Fragomen
- ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium and ABRA president Isabelle Premont, The Map Group
- Tilly Plovie, Team Relocations
- Sebastian Dohmen, St. John’s IS
- Filip Declercq and Christophe Vandeputte, both Expat & Co
- Isabelle Esterzon, Partena B&E
- Rahil Shaikh, Sweet Inn, and ABRA board member Fabienne Vanderkelen, Altair
- Eléonore van Rijckevorsel, Bright Expats and Mathieu Verstichelen, Partena B&E
- ABRA board member Sandra Van Bellingen, BBF Furnished Apartments and ABRA guest Erik Dockx, Erdo Relocation
- David Young, The Brussels Times and Pascale Hertay, BEPS IS
- Milos Sitarica, Da Vinci IS and Steven Lips, Expatica
- ABRA guest Felix de Merode, Ecole Européenne Bruxelles Argenteuil and Alex Albert, Team Relocations