Bruno is founder and managing partner of TeamMotivation, a boutique consulting company that intertwines organisational development, culture transformation and team coaching with systems psychodynamics. Before that, he had built up an extensive business experience in various senior management positions in the European steel business (engineering and capex, quality management, HR, safety and change management, finance, controlling and BI, e-business, purchasing). He was also a Board member of several joint-venture companies.
Bruno is also partner of Psy@work, an innovative company that combines AI, technology, and psychology to improve employee wellbeing and mental health. In parallel he has developed and runs business activities in district heating technologies as agent for Rebaro Fernwärmetechnik.
Furthermore, Bruno has co-created and directed several international experiential learning seminars on role and leadership in connection to unconscious group dynamics. In the field of D&I, he has co-designed and conducted many programmes for companies to improve gender balance and balanced leadership. Since 2018 he is the mental coach of the only female pilot in the MotoE World Championships.
He is an executive Board member of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes IAGP, and co-leads the Belgian INSEAD Women in Business club.
Since February 2022, France is General Counsel & Secretary General of FN Browning Group, of which she is also a member of the Management Committee and the Executive Committee of FN Herstal.
In 1996, France Delobbe began her career as a lawyer within the law firms Liedekerke and Stibbe.
After various senior management positions at Cofinimmo, she joined SNCB in 2012 as Head of Legal.
This successful strategic experience will lead her to continue her career at Femarbel and Carrefour Belgium until 2021. She launched also Mind The Gap, a consulting boutique for lawyers.
France Delobbe joined WOB as General Secretary of the Board in June 2018 and became a full member of the Board in July 2023.
France Delobbe is also part of the Board of United Experts South since January 2020 and of Brillo since January 2021.
I have a background in financial audit, am skilled in Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Project Management. I have taken up different roles in my 30+year career at Deloitte and always focused on making an impact through smart combinations and connecting the dots. Passionate about change in the world and its impact on business. Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated an innate ability to navigate complex challenges and environments, leveraging a unique blend of strategic vision and hands-on execution.
Being educated in 3 countries (Belgium, France & the U.S.A), and my proficiency in corporate programs have consistently contributed to the growth and profitability of the projects and the company I served. Beyond the numbers, I am proud of my reputation as a leader who cultivates a positive, inclusive workplace, fostering an environment where team members thrive and innovation flourishes.
I love to challenge in order to make progress in a pragmatic and impactful way.
Catherine Rutten is CEO of pharma.be, the Belgian federation of innovative pharmaceutical and biotech companies. She studied Law and holds a Master in Laws from the College of Europe and from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Catherine started in 1994 as a lawyer at the lawfirm Loeff Claeys Verbeke. From 1997 she has worked as Director Interconnection and Public Affairs at British Telecom Belgium. From 2003 to 2013, she was member of the Council of BIPT, the Belgian national regulatory authority for postal services and telecommunications.
Dirk Oosterlinck is partner at Minds&More, specialising in interim management. He holds an Applied Economics Degree from the University of Ghent, an MBA in Marketing from the Vlerick School and an Advanced Management Degree from Insead – Fontainebleau. Prior to Minds&More, Dirk worked in diverse innovation, marketing, sales and general management positions at AC Nielsen, Sopres, McKinsey, bpost, Easyfairs and Mensura. He served as Vice Chief of Staff to the Minister of Public Enterprises from 2002 to 2004. He is currently a board member of Hachiko vzw and of Wit-Gele Kruis Oost-Vlaanderen, and served on several advisory Boards of startups. He was elected Marketer of the Year and Direct Marketing personality of the year, both in 2012. Dirk lives with his wife and 3 boys in Gent.
Ingrid Gonnissen (°1962) is CEO BeLux Ricoh. Ricoh is a company that successfully reinvented themselves creating 55% of IT services revenue and 45% print related revenue
She is also Non-Executive Independent Director & member of Risk Committees within different organisations as well as a member of 3 Advisory Boards.
Whether it was as a Chief Enterprise Officer of Orange or thanks to her 27 years long career in Xerox, Ingrid has acquired broad experience as CEO ,senior management and leadership within the ICT and Telco sector. Ingrid Gonnissen has been a long-standing, respected member of our partner association WOB Belgium. Thanks to her dedication and valuable experience, Ingrid has been selected by WOB to join the Board of Women on Boards. Ingrid, welcome on board!
Monica De Jonghe (°1964) is General Manager of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (VBO-FEB) as from October 2018. She is also Member of the National Labour Council and Vice-President of the Executive Committee.
She has a law degree from the KU Leuven and followed the training programme of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), for foreign lawyers organised by the German government. This one-year programme took place at the University of Tübingen and the Oberlandesgericht in Düsseldorf. She completed her training at the Law Firm Scholtz, Kraatz, Dittmann un Partner, established in Düsseldorf, during 6 months.
From January 2000 till February 2005 she worked at the Lawfirm Lontings & Partners (actually Lydian Lawyers), as Counsel, member of the Employment, Pensions & Benefits Department. From October 1994 till December 1999 she was Senior Manager at KPMG Legal & Tax Advisers, head of the Employment Department, and also responsible for start-up of the Legal Department in 1994. She started her career as Lawyer at the Brussels Bar, at the Lawfirm Ledoux, Jacobs & Clerens Avocats (January 1990–October 1994).
Gaëlle is co-founder and CEO of dgenious – a retail tech startup in the field of data analytics. After graduating as commercial engineer from ICHEC (Brussels), she pursued a successful 13 years career at L’oreal in various roles across sales, marketing and HR. In 2012, she joined the consulting company Minds&More (Brussels) where she developed a Social Selling methodology and applied it to numerous blue-chip customers including Puratos, Engie, Tractebel, Vinçotte or Orange. She joined dgenious in 2019.
The promotion of women in business and in boards has always been one of Gaelle’s main concern and she is a member of WOB since 2017.
Thibaut Georgin is strategic business consultant at Igneos a management consulting company leading sustainable transformation plans for companies.
Graduated from Solvay business school at ULB and holding a strategic marketing degree from Columbia University (NY), Thibaut worked as a management executive for Unilever and Bpost then as a consultant for different large companies around strategic questions in a variety of sectors (Telco, Energy, Bank, BtoB services, retail). Very concerned about climate deregulations, environmental issues and societal challenges, he developed since 2012 a broad expertise on how top management could adapt and transform their businesses to create sustainable/regenerative value for people, society AND shareholders. Thibaut was active in different boards of companies in environmental and energy topics (SPGE, Brugel, Energiris) and is now board Chairman at SNCB-NMBS. He is teaching at UNamur and ISES. He is also actively engaged as a volunteer in Ecopreneur-Belgium, the business federation of sustainable front running SME. He is a happy father of a young adult. He likes long-distance walks in nature, is an experienced sailor. He is also an intensive user of public transports and of his Ahooga bike for professional purposes.
Marie has wealth of experience in corporate governance, board effectiveness, and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing boards today. She began her career at Guberna as a senior research associate, and continued her impressive track record at Deloitte Belgium, where she led the development of corporate governance services and managed the Boardroom Program, an information and exchange platform for non-executive board members.