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Bert De Graeve (°1955) is CEO of the Bekaert Group since May 2006. From 2002 until May 2006 he was Chief Financial and Administration Officer and General Secretary of the Group.

He started his career in 1980 with Arthur Andersen & Co and joined Alcatel Bell in 1982. In 1991 he became General Manager Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipment Mfg. Cy in Shanghai. In 1994 he was appointed Vice President, Director Operations, Alcatel Trade International and later Director International Affairs, Alcatel Alsthom in Paris.

In 1996 he became Managing Director of the Flemish Public Radio & TV Broadcaster (VRT). Bert De Graeve holds a Master in Law from the University of Ghent (1980), studied Financial Management at IPO (Antwerp) and became Master in Tax Management at VLEKHO (Brussels).

Bert De Graeve is Member of the International Business Leaders' Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai (IBLAC), President of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Advisory Board of the Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing, Member of the Board of Directors of UCB and Member of the Board of the Concours Reine Elisabeth.