Former Chair of Apimondia Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations).
Former Chair of Apimondia Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations). He is an agricultural engineer, co-founder and former director of CARI, the Belgian Technical Beekeeping Centre, and editor of the apiculture journal *Abeilles & Cie*. He served ten years as the chair of Apimondia Technology and Quality Commission. He was also chair of the Honey Working Party of COPA‑COGECA, vice-president of Bee Life, and active contributor to ISO working groups on hive products and the International Honey Commission (IHC).
