ANNUAL REPORT 2007 | 2008 - Gimv

Eric Spiessens is a member of
the executive committee of the
Arco Group, a holding company
of the cooperative movement that
operates mainly in banking and
insurance, utilities and medicines
distribution. He has been a Gimv
board member since 1999. He is
also a board member of the various
Arco companies and of different
companies in which the Arco
Group has shareholdings.
Marc Stordiau is managing
director of the port engineering
and investment fi rm Rent-A-Port.
Until July 2006 he was CEO at
DEME, a world class player in
dredging and marine engineering,
and where he remains a director.
Prior to that he managed major
construction projects for CFE in
black Africa. He is a director of the
Middle East Dredging Company
(MEDCO) in Doha (Qatar) and of
International Seaport Dredging
(I.S.D.) in Chennai (India). He has
been a board member of Gimv
since 1993.
Emile van der Burg was Managing
Partner of NIB Capital Private
Equity and Chairman of the
European Private Equity and
Venture Capital Association
(EVCA). He is a member of the
investment committee of a number
of internationally operating private
equity funds and an associate
partner of CAM Private Equity.
He has been an independent
board member of Gimv since
2005.
Leo Victor has been Managing
Director of the Liaison Committee
Flanders-Europe since 2006. Prior
to that he was General Secretary,
and as such the top offi cial, of the
General Affairs Department of the
Ministry of the Flemish Community.
He has been Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Gimv since it was founded
in 1980, giving him very long
experience of decision-making in
private equity.
| 69