Leon baron Bekaert (born 1958) is a

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businessman. He started his career in 1983 as Managing Partner of Pauli Philippines (

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) and in 1984 transferred in 1984 to P.T. LVD Indonesia as managing director. In 1987 he joined the Bekaert Group as Sales Manager Bekaert

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and in 1989 he was appointed as Strategic Project Manager and in 1991 Product Manager Fencing Products. Leon Bekaert left the Beakert Group in 1994 and became a member of the Board. He holds a degree in Applied Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1983) and obtained an MBA at the IMI in

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in 1987.

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Leon Bekaert

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