ABRA Meeting 7 May 2015

ABRA AGM & Meeting 7 May 2015

The ABRA AGM and Member Meeting was held on Thursday 7 May at KBC Bank, Havenlaan 2, 1080 Brussels. Hosts of the meeting were KBC Bank and HRDynamics. The guest presentation was given by Prof. Dr. Joachim A. Koops, Dean of Vesalius College & Research Professor Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB).

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  1. ABRA President Eddy Bonne
  2. Host presentation by Nico Xanthakis of KBC
  3. Host presentation by Leo Verhoeven of HRDynamics
  4. Guest speaker Dr. Joachim Koops, Vesalius College
  5. Audience
  6. Eric Klitsch gives the Relocation Committee report
  7. ABRA President Eddy Bonne with ABRA board member Andrea Howard
  8. Monique Vanderwaeven, NOVA Relocation Group
  9. ABRA board member Viv Hermans, Brilliant Relocation Center
  10. Outgoing board member Kurt Mellaerts , Partena B & E
  11. Left to right; ABRA board member Sabine Castrique, Brilliant Relocation Center, Elizabeth Kelly, Cross Cultural Consulting and Cristina Rojas, Aedifica
  12. Rudy Scheepmans, ING and Guy Briesen, BC – Briesen Consult VOF
  13. Marc Van Hoof and Tine Soers, Be Welcome
  14. Guest speaker Dr. Joachim Koops, Vesalius College
  15. ABRA board members Isabelle Premont, Map Relocations and Eric Klitsch, Brussels Relocation
  16. Claude Van Acker, Team Relocations
  17. ABRA board member Dave Deruytter, ING
  18. ABRA board member Grégory Marlier, am&pm relocation
  19. Johan Van De Vijver, CERAN
  20. Outgoing ABRA President Eddy Bonne with incoming President Isabelle Premont
  21. Chantal Pas, Gosselin Mobility, Salvatore Orlando, BNP Paribas Fortis and Thaïs De Vroede, Gosselin Mobility
  22. Claude Van Acker, Team Relocations, Koen Reekmans, NOVA Relocation, Leo Ots, Ziegler Relocation, Vincent Michel, Crown Relocations, William Haesendonk, Ziegler Relocation
  23. Incoming ABRA President Isabelle Premont, Map Relocations
  24. Nicholas Lyddon, Bogaerts Education and Agnes Vierendeel, Santa Fe Relocation
  25. Wendy Simpson, ABC Relocation
  26. Philippe Quinet and Yannik Brems, Concordia
  27. Jeff Snyder, Antwerp International School
  28. Maija Lusher, IS Ghent and Johan Van De Vijver, CERAN
  29. Katty Van Den Herten, Partena B & E and Isabelle Premont, Map Relocations
  30. John Blakeway, ABC Relocation
  31. Erik Christiaensen, Romulus and outgoing ABRA board member Andrea Howard
  32. Pauline Six, Bright Expats
  33. Carol Elhardt, ABRA Administration and outgoing ABRA President Eddy Bonne
  34. Guy Briesen, BC – Briesen Consult VOF, Cedric Clauws and Koen Wolzer, Home Consult
  35. Frank Billingsley, Bogaerts International School/ Vesalius College
  36. Veronica Guguian, Expatica and Rudy Sevenants, HR Dynamics
  37. ABRA board member Katrien Vanden Waeyenberg, Partena and Guy Briesen, BC – Briesen Consult VOF
  38. Fabienne Vanderkelen , NOVA Relocation Group
  39. Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium and Sunil Reddy, DY Patil IS
  40. Niclas Eriksson and Caroline Tailor, St. John’s IS
  41. Karine Vandenplas of meeting co-host HRDynamics and Eric Bruyninckx, Residence la Source
  42. Agnes Vierendeel, Santa Fe Relocation and outgoing President Eddy Bonne
  43. Rawa Shareef, BBF
  44. Helena Vreedenburgh, Ackroyd/Bulletin and Nico Xanthakis of meeting co-host KBC Bank
  45. Bénédicte Van Bauwel, Santa Fe Relocation and outgoing ABRA board member Andrea Howard
  46. Guest speaker Dr. Joachim Koops Vesalius College and incoming President Isabelle Premont
  47. ABRA board members Koen Reekmans, NOVA Relocation Group, Gregory Marlier, am&pm relocation, Sabine Castrique, Brilliant Relocation Center, Viv Hermans, Brilliant Relocation Center, Andrea Howard, am&pm relocation, Kurt Mellaerts, Partena B & E, Dave Deruytter, ING Belgium, incoming President Isabelle Premont, Map Relocations, Eric Klitsch, Brussels Relocation, Salvatore Orland, BNP Paribas Fortis and outgoing President Eddy Bonne. Board member Fiona Klomp, Illus Communications, was unable to attend.