Board of Directors
The role of the Board of Directors is to pursue the long-term success of Qrf by guaranteeing entrepreneurial leadership and ensuring that risks can be assessed and managed.
The Board of Directors decides on the values and strategy of Qrf, the risk policy and the main policies. In addition, the Board of Directors ensures that Qrf’s obligations to its shareholders are clear and that these obligations are met, taking into account the interests of the other stakeholders.
Pieter Bogaert
Chariman of the Board
Pieter Bogaert (1976) graduated from the University of Leuven in 2008.
He started his career in 2002 as a notarial lawyer at Berquin Notarissen. From 2013 to 2019, he worked as a Counsel lawyer Real Estate & Construction at Stibbe.
He has been working at Xior Student Housing since 2019. He subsequently held the positions of Director of Real Estate, Director of Real Estate and Development, and since 2024 he has been working as Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance.
Alex van Ravels
Independent Director
Alex van Ravels (1983) obtained a Master in Applied Economics from Ghent University in 2005 and then a Master in Financial Management from Vlerick Business School in 2006.
After his studies, Alex van Ravels started his career at KPMG in the Corporate Finance department. In 2007, he continued his career in the Valuation department at CBRE Belgium, where he served as Head of Capital Markets and member of the executive committee until 2021. He has built an extensive track record as a consultant in commercial real estate transactions and real estate developments.
Since 2022, Alex van Ravels has been active as a partner at Baltisse Real Estate where he is responsible for the investment portfolio as well as new real estate developments.
Kara De Smet
Independent Director
Kara De Smet (1976) obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in 1999.
She started her career in 1999 at Deloitte, where she worked as an audit manager until 2006.
Since 2006, Kara De Smet has been CFO of Retail Estates, where she has been an executive director since January 2016.
Since 2015, she has also been teaching at the Postgraduate Center of the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), within the Real Estate program.
Tom Schockaert
Director
Tom Schockaert (1984) obtained a Master of Science in Business Administration from Ghent University and then completed Advanced Studies in Corporate Finance at KULeuven.
He started his career in 2007 at KPMG as an auditor and advisor in Transaction Services. From there, he joined the Elia Group, where he held several key roles. For instance, he was Managing Director of the German subsidiary Eurogrid GmbH and Head of Group Controlling, with responsibilities for Group Controlling, M&A and Investor Relations of the Elia Group.
Afterwards, he served as Business Unit Controller at Katoen Natie where he led an international team of 14 employees. From 2019 to 2022, he served as CFO and effective leader of Qrf before moving to MG Real Estate as CFO.
He is currently CEO of Rispoli, the family office of the Vanmoerkerke family, reference shareholder of Qrf.
Francis Vanderhoydonck
Director
Francis Vanderhoydonck (1958) earned an LLM degree from the Dutch-speaking Free University of Brussels, and enhanced this training with a programme in Common Law at Cambridge University. He then attended the programme for the Master’s Degree in Applied Economics at the Dutch-speaking Free University of Brussels, and a programme in Tax Law at the Brussels Tax College. He then earned an MBA in Finance from New York University.
He embarked on his career in 1986 at De Generale Bank, where he worked until 1998 as Global Head of Investment Banking. He then worked as Managing Partner at the private equity fund Buy Out Fund CVA and at Maple Finance Group (corporate finance advisory) in 2015 and 2017 respectively.
Since 1999, he has also been a director for several listed and private Belgian and Dutch companies.
Stefanie Vanden Broucke
Director
Ms. Vanden Broucke (1978) has more than 18 years of experience in project development of complex inner-city mixed-use projects, first as project manager at Leiedal, then as director of development at Vanhaerents Development and most recently as general manager of Caaap.
She obtained her master’s degree in work and organizational psychology from KU Leuven, her master’s degree in business economics from Ghent University and her postgraduate degree in real estate at KU Leuven.
With this appointment, Qrf expands the expertise of its Board of Directors with a profile that knows and manages the complex challenges of inner-city real estate projects.
