Mimi Lamote (born

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, 27 April 1964) is a Belgian businesswoman. Since December 2006, she is the Chair of the Flemish Socio-economic Forum of

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of the

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. She is a member of the board of Belgacom. Mimi Lamote is married with Peter Otten and lives in Tielrode.

Education

She obtained a master's in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

at the

University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp () is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UAntwerp''. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third-largest university in Flanders. ...

and a master in Retail Management at the Tias University of

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Career

From 2001 until 2005, she was General Manager of the C&A Belgium-Luxemburg company of the

Brenninkmeijer family Brenninkmeijer () is a Roman Catholic Dutch, German and Swiss family of manufacturers, which own an international chain of clothing stores. Originally the family came from Tecklenburger Land (Westphalia) in Germany, selling linen in Friesland ...

. From 2001 until 2004, she was a member of the board of the

Federation of Belgian Enterprises The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (, VBO, , FEB) is the only Belgian non-profit organization representing companies in all three regions of Belgium. Its members, the different Belgian sectorial employers' organizations, represent companie ...

(VBO) and a member of the board of Fedis. From January 2005 to June 2006, she succeeded Etienne Kaesteker as CEO of the SCF retail group comprising ''E5-mode'' and ''Sportorama'' ( Sint Niklaas (Belgium)) and ECG UAB/E5-Mode Baltic UAB/ Edvalda UAB (

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(

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)). Since 1 February 2007, she is a member of the management team of ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), an

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

hospital group.Mimi Lamote versterkt het management van ZNA
/ref> She is managing director of Eugenius BVBA. On 2 November 2009 she starts as vice-president of Pearle Europe, working at its headquarters in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

. 2021 she is CEO of the 'slow-fashion' label Mayerline.

References

Mimi Lamote
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamote, Mimi 1964 births Living people Belgian businesspeople University of Antwerp alumni Tilburg University alumni People from Ostend