Joe is Partner and Co-Founder of FB MEDIATION. With his "Trusted Advisors"-partners, all Accredited Mediators, he accompanies "family businesses" and "families in business" with governance and conflict management advisory and as a mediator. Joe has "been there , done that"

Médiateur Agréé- Erkend Bemiddelaar-Accredited Mediator ( CFM/FBC 2618)Civil & Commercial , Burgerlijk en HandelFocus op FAMILY BUSINESSES & BUSINESS FAMILIESFocus on CONFLICT MANAGEMENT in BUSINESS Environment

Advising enterprise leaders and shareholders on all aspects of enterprise governance, as they pursue perennity, performance and social responsibility.EXPERTISE:- Diagnostic and evaluation of the governance of Boards and Specialized Committees ( in particular Compensation, Nomination and Strategy)- Family and family company governance (family charters, transitions, coaching, conflict management..)- Governance of non-profit enterprises ( foundations, ..)- Governance and company culture in the context of mergers, acquisitions and international development - Advisory and support of change processes, of alignment (vision, values, strategy, organization, governance) and of the on-boarding communication.- Optimize the interaction between the stakeholders of good governance, for instance between the Board and the Management of the enterprise.EXPERIENCE- Member of Guberna, the Belgian Institute of Directors; Guberna ‘Board Effectiveness’ certificate.- Track record as member and chairman of Boards and Advisory Boards

CISTER GOVERNANCE ADVISORS is the international presence of ASSOCIÉS EN GOUVERNANCE, Paris. EXPERTISE:- Diagnostic and evaluation of the governance of Boards and Specialized Committees ( in particular Compensation, Nomination and Strategy)- Family and family company governance (family charters, transitions, coaching, conflict management..)- Governance of non-profit enterprises ( foundations, ..)- Governance and company culture in the context of mergers, acquisitions and international development - Advisory and support of change processes, of alignment (vision, values, strategy, organization, governance) and of the on-boarding communication.- Optimize the interaction between the stakeholders of good governance, for instance between the Board and the Management of the enterprise.EXPERIENCE- Member of Guberna, the Belgian Institute of Directors; Guberna ‘Board Effectiveness’ certificate.- Track record as member and chairman of Boards and Advisory Boards

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As a lecturer and coach to family business stakeholders, Joe develops and delivers family business conflict and governance intelligence, through a mix of concept and practice based learning, including peer to peer. Joe is a partner of FB-Mediation, the Belgian family business conflict management expertise center.

accompanying three scale-up companies:Sagacify.comLindacare.comeSpheres.com

Senior advisor at Alphagroup N.V. S.A., Brussels based cleaning & facility services company, created in 1972.

Management Centre Europe (MCE) is the largest international management talent development provider in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We help organizations achieve implementation of strategy and change through their people.As a senior associate, I work closely with MCE clients, using my extensive management experience to help customers address business issues, resolve problems, and get their strategy implemented.

Advisory & Coaching the PROXYCLICK (visitor management SAAS system)Scale up on the People & Organisation levers of performance and growth, in preparation of the subsequent exit and integration on the EPTURA platform.

Member of the Board of the Canada Chamber of Commerce Belgium Luxemburg

Sign & Facade brands buildings with signage and aluminium facades. S & F is market leader in the Belux.

Just in Time Management Group is a consultancy bureau exclusively made up of Partners who have proven experience in general management and consultancy. ("executive expertise for top management")

Contributed to a major redefinition of the business strategy and to in depth initiatives to boost operational excellence and organisational effectiveness. (Spadel Group is the Benelux leader in Mineral waters ( Spa, Bru,...).

Publishing for the young parents audience. FAMIDOO is a ressource of information and solutions, including user generated content.Famidoo is multi-media platform: websites, forums, newsletters, magazines and books.

associated with cousins in 2 bank agencies of Crédit Agricole ( now Crelan)

A leading human ressources service provider (social secretariat)

In charge of human ressources & labour relations, communication ( internal and external) and corporate marketing ( loyalty etc).Major achievements in the turnaround of a Belgian retail icon. (restructuring and outsourcing, increasing professionalism and competitiveness, improved labor relations, introduced state of the art HR processes, new loyalty program, integration of GB into Carrefour, ...

CEO of business units , sucessively Belgium, canada and Benelux.Reader's Digest is a global publisher and direct marketeerTurnaround and major cost reductions, revitalisation, outsourcing, innovation ,..

As Marketing Director , transitioned the merger of Jupiler and Artois Brewery Groups to Interbrew, later AB INBEVRepositioned a broad portfolio of brands after the succesful merger of the two archrivals.in depth rebuilding of the Stella Artois brand, and many more.

turnaround, outsourcing of all non commercial functions, closing of operations, merging Belgian and Dutch business units into one Benelux business, ..