Karel Vinck

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Karel Vinck (born September 19, 1938 in Aalst ) is a Belgian businessman .

Life

Vinck graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ( Leuven , Belgium) with a Masters in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. He also has an MBA from Cornell University ( Ithaca , United States ).

Act

Karel Vinck started his career at Eternit in 1971 and after a short time became managing director of the Italian branch. From 1978 he took this position for the entire company.

From 1985 to 1994 he was CEO of the Belgian metalworking company Bekaert .

In 1995 he worked for Union Minière , where he led the company's restructuring. Since October 17, 1994 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Union Minière / Umicore, from 2002 to 2009 as its chairman. Around 2003 he was also chairman of the board of directors of the Belgian copper smelter Cumerio , honorary chairman of the Flemish employers' association (VEV) and president of the Flemish council for science policy. At this time he was also represented on the supervisory boards of Suez - Tractebel , the Tessenderlo Group, the Catholic University of Leuven and at the Brussels opera house Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie .

From 2002 to January 2005 he headed the National Company of the Belgian Railways (SNCB). In the course of this he also held the office of President of the Community of European Railways (CER).

From July 2005 to December 2018 he was European coordinator for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) at the European Commission . Matthias Ruete was his successor as coordinator .

Varia

In 1994 the readers of Trends magazine voted him Manager of the Year.

Vinck was sentenced to three years in prison in 2006, along with other executives from Eternit Italy, for involuntary manslaughter in Italy for grossly neglecting the health risks associated with working with asbestos. In 2009, the Catania Court of Appeal overturned this decision and acquitted him on the case. Karel Vinck said he was unaware at the time that asbestos could cause cancer.

Vinck was awarded the European Railway Award in 2012.

Web links

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  1. ↑ Composition of the Board of Directors of the company Cumerio ( Memento of the original of November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 29, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cumerio.com
  2. ↑ Karel Vinck's career history at www.eurostar.com ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 29, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurostar.com
  3. ↑ Composition of the Umicore Board ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 29, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.governance.umicore.com
  4. ^ Message from the International Railway Journal, December 2004 , accessed November 29, 2007.
  5. ↑ European Commission - Proposal for the appointment of coordinators for the priority projects of the EU transport policy
  6. ↑ Press release EU Commission, July 23, 2009 , accessed August 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ Commission appoints new coordinators for TEN-T Core Network Corridors , September 14, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Vinck, Karel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian manager and EU coordinator for ERTMS
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalst