My PURPOSE - To bring about social advancement and impact by leading non-profit organisations and public programmes through change to success. I take on challenges and bring out-of-the-box ideas into life.My VALUES - Social justice | Sustainability | Empathy | Education | Gender equality | Personal responsibility. I believe in the pivotal and unequivocal role of nonprofit organisations and civil society in bringing about change.My SPECIALITIES - Strategic Leadership | Public & Nonprofit Governance | Cross-cultural Management | Digital Change | Impact Investment Philanthropy | Public Diplomacy & IGO Relations | Policy Development | Donor Relations & Fundraising | Corporate Communication & Identity | Change & Innovation | Team Leadership & Coaching | Education & Training | Entrepreneurship | Public Speaking & FacilitationHow I bring SUCCESS - A leader is a role-model. Leadership means leading by example, shaping and sharing a vision as a collective endeavour, with transparency and accountability, through clear, sound and effective governance. Efficiency must be person-driven and person-oriented. Successful, inspiring leaders in the nonprofit and public sectors must build open, positive, safe, fair, enabling environments based on trust, respect and positiveness, where all individuals are supported in identifying and reaching their full potential. Success comes also from questioning established processes and patterns against their appropriateness, whilst being ready to change mindsets whenever advantageous, overcoming resistances with solid reasoning.My PASSION - To create or identify opportunities and to transform them into assets, To take up challenges and turn them into positive change. To turn a vision into reality, and then to move ahead. I trust in sustainable transformation as the only way to organisational development, and I am passionate to show the way towards it.My ACCOMPLISHMENTS - I led the establishment of the headquarters of two European INGOs, incorporated them in Belgium and Luxembourg, increased operating funds through successful fundraising campaigns, with public and private donors, broadened the membership, launched corporate identity, reviewed mission, vision, and values, strengthened governance, initiated advocacy campaigns, communication strategies, designed and implemented training systems, influenced policy.