Philippe, Baron Vlerick (born 8 June 1955), is a Belgian businessman. He was born in

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, the son of Lucien Vlerick and Thérèse Vandewiele. He is a

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André Vlerick André, Baron Vlerick (11 September 1919 – 3 December 1990) was a Belgian politician, businessman, professor and founder of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He graduated in economy at the University of Ghent and was appointed at the ...

and married to Patricia Bouckaert.

Career

He is chairman and CEO of the

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producer ''Uco Textiles'' and also manages ''Bic Carpets'', a manufacturer of designer carpets founded by his father in 1956. In 2005, he started on a strategic alliance with the Indian

Raymond Group Raymond Group is an Indian branded fabric and fashion retailer, incorporated in 1925. It produces suiting fabric, with a capacity of producing 31 million meters of wool and wool-blended fabrics. The group owns apparel brands like Raymond, Prem ...

. In 2006, he was ''Manager of the Year'' in

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. He is a member of the board of directors of the

Vlerick Business School Vlerick Business School ("Vlerick") is a Belgian business school with campuses in Ghent, Leuven, and Brussels. It is a result of a merger of MBA programmes of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and of the ''Instituut Professor Vlerick voor Mana ...

and a Director of the

KBC Group KBC Group N.V. is a Belgian universal multi-channel bank-insurer, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. It was created in 1998 through the merger of Kredie ...

. In November 2011, Vlerick was convicted of environmental crimes committed by UCO Sportswear in Ghent. Following the Ghent Court of Appeal's ruling, the conviction was upheld by the Court of Cassation in September 2012.

functions

* Commisaris general of Europalia India * President of the Belgo-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" (BICC & I).

Honours

* 2008: Created Baron Vlerick, by command of King Albert. * 2013: commander in the Order of Leopold.Numac : 2014015268

References

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