Our staff members are at the disposal of the essenscia members. Do not hesitate to contact them.
Chairman - Wouter De GEEST
Managing Director – Yves VERSCHUEREN
Secretary general – Director Social affairs - Koen LAENENS
Managing Director essenscia wallonie and essenscia bruxelles – Bernard BROZE
Managing Director essenscia vlaanderen – Frans DIERYCK
Secretary Managing Director essenscia
Mia Van der Plaetsen, mvanderplaetsen@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 74
Secretary Managing Director essenscia wallonie and essenscia bruxelles
Catherine Vandenberghe, cvandenberghe@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 58
Secretary Managing Director essenscia vlaanderen
Michèle Celis, mcelis@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 87
Customer Service
Monday till Friday from 8.00 am till 5.00 pm
tel 02 238 97 12, info@essenscia.be
Social Policy
Collective Industrial Relations - Labour law - Social Security - Labour market – Social documentation, inquiries and statistics
Koen Laenens, Director, klaenens@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 94
Assistants
Jacques Bouyer, jbouyer@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 46
Stefan Denayer, sdenayer@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 58
Vanessa De Zitter, vdezitter@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 49
Eric Mascart, emascart@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 33
Michaël Rasschaert, mrasschaert@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 31
Secretary
Katrien Van der Plaetsen, kvanderplaetsen@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 68
Brigitte Soler, bsoler@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 28
Education and Training
Training facilities – Training Fund representation
Youth initial training - Continuous training
Assistant for Wallonia : Fabien Scuvie, fscuvie@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 56
Assistant for Flanders : Jan Reynaert, jreynaert@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 95
Economic Policy
Economy in general and sector questions - Economic situations - WTO - International agreements - Competitiveness - Trade policy - Prices - Transport & logistics - E-business & EDI - Economic inquiries, statistics and documentation
Assistants
Laurence Baudesson, lbaudesson@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 53
Igor Magdalenic, imagdalenic@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 17
Nathalie De Vadder, ndevadder@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 33
Energy & Climate
Greenhouse effect and CO2 – Kyoto’s Protocol - Energy policy - Liberalization of the gas and electricity markets - Contracts and tariffs - Economic investments of energy - Climate policy
Assistants
Els Brouwers, ebrouwers@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 38
Isabelle Chaput, ichaput@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 67
Patrick Degand, pdegand@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 51
Environment
Protection of the environment, prevention of nuisance - Environmental management systems
Assistant for Flanders
Carl Van der Auwera cvanderauwera@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 37
Philippe Cornille, pcornille@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 38
Secretary
Aysel Karademir, akarademir@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 65
Assistant for Wallonia
Carine Lambert, clambert@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 99 25
Secretary
Catherine Vandenberghe, cvandenberghe@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 58
Risk Management and Well-Being
Safety at work - Hygiene and health
Assistant for Flanders
Serge Kwasniewski, skwasniewski@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 54
Secretary
Aysel Karademir, akarademir@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 65
Assistant for Wallonia
Thierry Vanmol, tvanmol@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 79
Secretary
Catherine Vandenberghe, cvandenberghe@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 58
Product Policy
REACH – Globally Harmonised System - VLARIP - WALRIP
Tine Cattoor, tcattoor@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 46
Secretary
Bea Tommelein, btommelein@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 15
Assistants
Carl Van der Auwera, cvanderauwera@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 37
Thierry Vanmol, tvanmol@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 79
VLARIP
Linda Heughebaert, lheughebaert@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 99 22
Serge Kwasniewski, skwasniewski@essenscia.be, Gsm 0496 59 36 13
Saskia Walraedt, swalraedt@essenscia.be, Gsm 0496 59 36 19
Secretary
Aysel Karademir, akarademir@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 65
WALRIP
Thierry Vanmol, tvanmol@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 79
Secretary
Catherine Vandenberghe, cvandenberghe@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 98 58
R&D / Innovation
Researcher taxation – Innovation premium – European research program – Regional research programs – SusChem – Food safety
Carl Van der Auwera cvanderauwera@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 37
Assistant for Flanders
Carl Van der Auwera cvanderauwera@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 37
Assistant for Wallonia
Fabian Scuvie, fscuvie@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 56
Secretary
Bea Tommelein, btommelein@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 15
Sustainable Development
Responsible Care – Corporate social responsibility – Environmental management – Advisory council at federal and regional level – Dialogue with the stakeholders
Yves Verschueren, yverschueren@essenscia.be tel 02 238 98 12
Assistants
Isabelle Chaput, ichaput@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 67
Communication / PR & PA
Relation with the press and the target groups – Publications - essenscia direct – Website - Events -Assistance and advice for affiliated members
Assistants
Frank Beckx, fbeckx@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 08, gsm 0476 80 94 74 (spokesman)
Laura Grandry, lgrandry@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 99 12
Nathalie Poissonnier, npoissonnier@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 85
Frédérick Warzée, fwarzee@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 39
Secretary
Katelyne Frederic, kfrederic@essenscia.be, tel 02 238 97 86
Christelle Becu, cbecu@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 47
Right & Tax law
Company statute - Economic law - Public law - Intellectual property law – Corporate support – Accountancy and corporate fiscality
Marc Vandeplas, mvandeplas@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 63
Assistant
Jean-Alain De Smedt, jadesmedt@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 66
Secretary
Mia Van der Plaetsen, mvanderplaetsen@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 97 74
CRM
Membership
Secretary
Brigitte Soler, bsoler@essenscia.be, tel. 02 238 98 28