The King of the Belgians names the Armenian-Belgian educator and philanthropist Pierre Gurdjian with the noble title of "Baron"
Բելգիայի թագավորը բելգիահայ մանկավարժ և բարերար Պիեռ Գյուրջյանին անվանակոչում է «Բարոն» ազնվական կոչումով։ Կառլո Կոպպոլայի հոդված.
On the occasion of the Belgian national holiday, His Majesty King Philip of the Belgians has granted honors, mentions and noble titles to citizens who have distinguished themselves for their merits. Among these, 14 Belgian citizens have obtained the noble title of Baron and Baroness. The Kingdom holiday falls on July 21st and the sixty-four-year-old sovereign Coburg-Gotha, son of Albert II and Queen Paola, born Ruffo di Calabria, now in his eleventh year of service as monarch, has conferred the new titles. According to tradition, the favors and noble distinctions are made official by a publication in the “Moniteur Belge” (Belgian Monitor) on July 19th. On the sidelines of the national holiday, the Royal Palace of Brussels shares the number of citizens distinguished by the Head of State. In addition to the new barons, King Philip has granted Christine Matray the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold of Belgium and Marleen Temmerman and Peter Goossens the rank of Commander of the same order. Reginald Moreels, Damya Laoui, Seppe Nobels, Geertrui Serneels, Theofiel Vaes, Geneviève Damas, Sang Hoon Degeimbre, Caroline Lamarche, Marie Paquay, Ayman Ramdani and Paul Van Haver (known as Stromae) have been awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of the Crown. The 14 new barons of Belgium represent all sectors of activity and come from the different provinces of the kingdom. The first new Baroness is Lieve Mostrey (1960), who has held management positions at BNP Paribas Fortis and at Euroclear where she ended her career as CEO. Tom Michils (1953) has worked in advertising, has also been director of several cultural companies, but is best known for having created a foundation against cancer. Gaëtan Hannecart (1964) who has had a long career in the business world and founded Youth Start, an organization that teaches entrepreneurial skills to disadvantaged young people. Claire Tillekaerts (1957) was head of Flanders Investment and Trade and chaired the board of the National Bank, as well as other companies and foundations including Proximus and the Belgian National Orchestra. The list of new barons continues with Urbain Vandeurzen (1956) has founded and successfully managed several companies in the technology sector and is heavily involved in research into neuro-degenerative diseases including Alzheimer's. Patricia Maes (1961), a specialist in artificial intelligence, particularly in relation to the use of technologies in the health and well-being sector. Barbara Schmidburg (1937) has developed SOS Children's Villages internationally. François d'Adesky (1946) has worked extensively in Africa as part of his mission for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in particular for the recognition of rights and integration of the African diaspora. Salomé Van Billoen (1982) is the youngest new Baroness this year. A criminologist by training, she worked in Africa with village communities to test a restorative justice process on domestic and sexual violence. She was subsequently deputy director of Médiante, a restorative justice center for the whole of French-speaking Belgium. Carine Verstraeten (1977) is the general secretary of a trade union that organizes numerous events in the capital, including the 20 Km of Brussels and national holidays. Axel Vervoordt (1947) is an antiques dealer and art collector who has earned a worldwide reputation as a designer of residential interiors. Véronique Halloin (1963) had a long career at the Université Libre of Brussels (ULB) as a chemist and civil engineer, before becoming Vice-Rector of the ULB, responsible for research and development. Since 2008, she has been Secretary General of the Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS). The list is completed by Alexis Brouhns (1955), an ambassador who devoted the first part of his career to Belgian diplomacy, in particular to NATO and the European Union. After working in the private sector, in particular as Vice-President of Solvay, he became Head of the Prince Philippe Fund and was Director of several organizations active at the social level. The fourth on the list is Pierre Gurdjian, a Belgian citizen and former Honorary Professor of Armenian origin. He holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Pierre Gurdjian has extensive experience in executive leadership, governance and social impact. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Solvay, a major listed chemical company named after its founder Ernest Solvay. Previously, Gurdjian served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) from 2016 to 2023.
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