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.
Inge Boets
Chariman of the Board
Inge Boets (1962) received her Master’s in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp, took Strategic Leadership courses at Babson College (Harvard) and IMD, and was a corporate auditor and recognized auditor for insurance companies.
Inge Boets started her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, where she specialized in international businesses and the insurance industry. After becoming a partner at Ernst & Young in 1996, she founded the company’s Risk Practice. She was also a member of the Group Executive Board of Ernst & Young Belgium from 2001 to 2006.
In 2006 Inge Boets became the leader of Ernst & Young’s Global Risk Practice. In 2008 she combined this role with the EMEIA Risk Leader responsibility.
In 2009 she became a member of the Global Executive Team within Ernst & Young’s Advisory division, where she was responsible for Quality & Risk Management. She was also a member of Ernst & Young’s Global Quality & Risk Management Executive.
In 2010 Inge Boets returned to Ernst & Young Belgium where she became Global Client Service Partner for the European Union and all its institutions.
In 2011 she took a new direction in her professional career, and became an independent director.
Inge Boets is a regular guest speaker on topics such as audit, risk management, governance, and has written several articles on these topics.
Today, Inge Boets is an independent director at Euroclear, Econopolis, and Ontex. Inge Boets is also a member of the audit committees of the Flemish Parliament, Euroclear SA and Chair of the Audit committee of Vanbreda Risk & Benefits.
Jan Brouwers
Independent Director
After his studies, Jan Brouwers started his career at JP Morgan in 1997, where he started as an Analyst Fixed Income. In 1999 he joined Morgan Stanley in London where he worked on Fixed Income for the Netherlands. From 2001 to 2002 he worked as a Portfolio Manager at Bluecrest Capital in London.
In 2002 he returned to Morgan Stanley in London where he headed Fixed Income for Continental Europe, France and the Benelux; Sales & Trading for the Benelux and Fixed Income Sales for the Netherlands.
Jan Brouwers is an independent director at Proviron Holding, and a director and shareholder of Jaran Capital.
Frank De Moor
Independent Director
Frank De Moor (1962) graduated in 1985 from the Catholic University of Leuven, with a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics and Business Information. He then completed various management educations, including Retail Strategic Management at Babson College in the United States.
Frank De Moor started his career in 1985 as a Systems Analyst at Procter & Gamble Benelux. From 1988 to 1990 he worked as a Senior Consultant at Ernst & Whinney Belgium, and as Brand Manager for Europe & Africa at Federal Mogul.
In 1990, Frank De Moor became Managing Director at Brantano.
In 1994, Frank De Moor started his career with the Macintosh Retail Group. From 1994 to 2002 he worked at Management Services Tonton Tapis. He subsequently held the positions of Director of GP Décors in France and Managing Director of the Kwantum Deco Group in the Netherlands. In October 2002, Frank De Moor became a member of the board of directors of the Macintosh Retail Group, and in February 2003 he was appointed CEO of the Macintosh Retail Group.
In 2014 he exchanged is function as CEO of the Macintosh Retail Group for the function of CEO of the parking manager Q-Park. As a member of the board of Qrf and chairman of the audit committee, he shares his years of experience in the retail sector.
William Vanmoerkerke
Director
William Vanmoerkerke (1983) earned a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics from the University of Ghent, a Master’s Degree in Marketing Management from the Vlerickk Management School, and a Master in Business Administration from New York University.
He started his career at eBay as a Segment Manager. In 2008, he joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants as a consultant, and then in 2012 he joined The Boston Consulting Group. In 2013 he continued his career as Senior Director of Strategy & Business Development at Elsevier Inc.
Since 2014, together with Olivia and Mark Vanmoerkerke, he represents the interests of the family in various companies and participations.
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.
