• Private investor since June 2015- Sept. 1979 - oct.1981: research engineer at C.R.M. (Centre de Recherches Métallurgiques) in Liège (Belgium) • October 1981- January 1987: steelcord plant metallurgist at Goodyear Luxembourg with a one year mission in the U.S.A.• January 1987 - December 2000 : production engineer, head of department, production manager in the ARBED Luxembourg steel works with the following experience: integrated route and EAF mini mill• January 2001- December 2003: responsible of steel works R&D at the ProfilARBED R&D Centre in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg). Experience: process steel making• January 2004- May 2015: 1) manager of the ProfilARBED (ARCELORMITTAL) R&D Centre in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) an internal customer orientated R&D Centre. Experience: previous plus, rolling, sustainable construction (sections and sheet piles), fire protection engineering, energy consumption of buildings, earth quake resistance, corrosion, physical metallurgy. 2) Long Products Portfolio Leader at group level.Other European Experiences:• 1991 - 2000: member of the continuous casting expert group at VDEH (in Germany)• 1992-2002: expert in different E.C.S.C. (European Community for Steel and Coal) executive committees (blast furnaces and direct reduction, steelmaking, casting)• 2003: twice expert for R.F.C.S. (Research Fund for Coal and Steel) projects evaluation• 2005- May 2015: member of S.A.G. ( Steel Advisory Group for the European Commission in the frame of the R.F.C.S. program)• 2006: S.A.G. observer of the R.F.C.S. projects evaluation exercise.• 2007-May 2015 member of the R&D group at VDEH and member of the board of Gabriel Lippmann R&D Centre (L)• 2008- May 2015 member of the board of C.R.M. R&D centre in Liège• 2011-2012: Vice President of the board of Gabriel Lippmann R&D Centre (L); 2012 - 2014 member of the board of the public Henri Tudor R&D Centre (L) and GIE LIST