 On 14 April 1994 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee, and on 4 June 1998, he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee.On 9 May 2006 he took over the Chair of the Board of Directors from Baron Daniel Janssen, while Christian Jourquin succeeded him as Chairman of the Executive Committee.He was made "Chevalier de l’Ordre de Léopold" (Belgium) in 1988.