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21 — 25 April 2021 | Leuven, Belgium
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    Thomas Leysen
    Chairman of Umicore and Mediahuis
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    Thomas Leysen

    Thomas Leysen is Chairman of Umicore and Mediahuis, and honorary chairman of KBC Group.

    After gaining his Master of Law degree from the University of Leuven, he started his career in the maritime business in Hamburg, London and Tokyo. He joined Umicore in 1993 as member of the Executive Committee, and successively managed several industrial divisions. Between 2000 and 2008 he was CEO of the Group. From 2008 till 2011 Leysen was Chairman of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises in Belgium (VBO FEB). From 2011 till 2020 he was Chairman of KBC Group. In 2020 he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Royal DSM.

    In addition, Leysen is Chairman of the King Baudouin Foundation, the Belgian Corporate Governance Commission, the Flemish Heritage Council, the Board of Trustees of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, the Rubenianum Fund, and of the Snijders&Rockoxhuis Museum. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, of the European Round Table of Industrialists, and of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Meetings.