Pieter De Crem
Commissioner General
Mr Pieter De Crem was appointed as the new commissioner-general of BelExpo by Royal Decree on 12 November 2023.
Myriam Cops
Pavilion Director
Myriam is highly experienced at international and world exhibitions. She was pavilion director for Belgium at Expo 2010 Shanghai, Expo 2020 Dubai, and expo 2025 Osaka, and she was a regular at Floriade 2012 Venlo. In the past, she coordinated Belgium's participation in the Business & Design Week in Hong Kong. She works together with her team to ensure that Belgium is represented with dignity.
Hänsel Van Boxstael
Content & Protocol Officer
Hänsel started as content officer in August 2023. He maintains partner relations and monitored the public tender for the visitor journey. Additionally he was responsible for the content programme development of the thematic weeks and additional partner events. When expo started, he took on the responsibilities for protocol officer. Hänsel has a degree in Japanology from KU Leuven and used to work for the Japanese Embassy to Belgium before starting at BelExpo.
Yousra Boujnani
Accountant & Office Manager
Yousra has been our jack-of-all-trades since 2021. As Office Manager, Yousra supports the whole team and she also takes care of the accounting.