Frank Beckx

Since March 2021 Frank Beckx is the Director of the Knowledge and Lobby Center of Voka, the Flemish employers’ association. He is also Board Member of the Science Center Technopolis and member of the STEM Platform advising the Flemish Government on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) issues.

After obtaining his law degree at Leuven University, Beckx started his career in 2003 as legal advisor to the office of the Flemish Minister Marino Keulen. A year later he became spokesman for Minister Keulen, whose portfolio at the time covered Home Affairs, Housing and Integration. Between 2005 and 2007 he was spokesman for Fientje Moerman, Deputy Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade.

In 2008 Beckx joined essenscia, the Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life Sciences Industries, as spokesman and Head of Communication & Public Affairs. In 2014 he was appointed Managing Director of essenscia vlaanderen. In March 2021 he left essenscia for a new role at Voka.