Our board

Our Board OF DIRECTORS

 

BENEDIKTe BOONE 

 
Non-Executive director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2012
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences (KU Leuven)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Held various positions at Creyf’s Interim and Avasco Industries
  • External board mandates:
    • Board member of several familyowned companies, including Bene Invest BV
    • Board member of Deceuninck NV

 

JAN BOONE

CEO/ Managing Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors since 2005
    • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee since 2011
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences (KU Leuven)
    • Licence Spéciale en Révisorat (UMH)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Started his career as an auditor at PwC
    • From 2000 to 2005: Head of Corporate Controlling, member of the Executive Committee and the
      Board of Directors at Omega Pharma
    • Active at Lotus Bakeries since 2005, initially as Managing Director and since 2011 as CEO
  • External board mandates:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Club Brugge since 2011
    • Chair of the Board of Directors of Animal Care from 2017 to 2024
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Tomorrowland since 2023

 

EMANUEL BOONE 

Non-executive Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2022
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Bioscience Engineering (KU Leuven)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • From 2003 to 2012: technical and operational roles at various breweries (Heineken / AlkenMaes and
      Van Steenberge Brewery)
    • Active as a business and process consultant for breweries and malt houses since 2012
  • External board mandates:
    • Board member of Herbafrost NV since 2022

 

 Sofie Boone

Non-Executive Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2016
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (KU Leuven)
    • Postgraduate degree in Business Economics (VLEKHO)
    • Business Management for Pharmacists (Vlerick Business School)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • From 1996 to 2001: deputy and licensed pharmacist
    • Owner and managing pharmacist of Apotheek Boone in Tervuren since 2002
    • Volunteer pharmacist at the Red Cross Tervuren since 1999

 

Peter Bossaert

Independent Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2017
    • Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since 2024
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Business Engineering (University of Antwerp)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • From 1989 to 1997: various marketing and sales roles at Unilever and FrieslandCampina
    • Active at Medialaan (today DPG Media) from 1989 to 2018, as CEO since 2012
    • CEO of the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) from 2018 to 2023
    • Executive Chair at International Food Services since 2023
  • External board mandates:
    • Independent director at Van de Velde NV since 2025 and member of the Remuneration and Nomination
      Committee and the Audit Committee since 2025

Noelle goris

 
Independent Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2023
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Law (KU Leuven)
    • Master of Business Administration (Solvay Business School Brussels)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Started her international sales & marketing career at Procter & Gamble since 1997
    • Managing Director Greater Europe Distributor Operations at Procter & Gamble from 2014 to 2016
    • Worked at Coty from 2016 to 2020, as General Manager Export Europe and as General Manager Travel
      Retail from 2018 to 2020
    • VP Global Travel Retail, APAC & Distribution Markets and member of the Management Board
      at La Prairie Group (Zurich), part of the Beiersdorf Group, since 2020
  • External board mandates:
    • Member of the Advisory Board of Hello Hossy since 2020

Benoit Graulich            

 Independent Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2009
    • Member of the Audit & Sustainability Committee since 2009
    • Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since 2009
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Law, Business Administration and Finance (KU Leuven)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Started his career at PwC and subsequently at Paribas Bank / Artesia Bank
    • Partner at EY since 2000
    • Managing Partner at Bencis Capital Partners (currently)
  • External board mandates:
    • Several board mandates at Cofinimmo
    • Board mandate at BMT International NV

 

Michel Moortgat

Independent Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2018
    • Chair of the Audit & Sustainability Committee since 2018
    • Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since 2025
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Commercial and Financial Sciences (ICHEC Brussels)
    • MBA (Vlerick Business School)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Active at Duvel Moortgat since 1991
    • CEO of Duvel Moortgat since 1998
  • External board mandates:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Cartamundi from 2014 to 2019

 

Anton Stevens

Non-Executive Director
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2002
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Law (Ghent University)
    • Master’s degree in Notarial Law (Ghent University)

 

Jan Vander Stichele

Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Mandate within Lotus Bakeries:
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Lotus Bakeries since 2005
    • Chair of the Board of Directors (currently)
    • Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee from 2005 to 2025
    • Member of the Audit & Sustainability Committee since 2005
  • Academic background:
    • Master’s degree in Civil Engineering (KU Leuven)
    • Candidate degree in Applied Economic Sciences (KU Leuven)
  • Career and relevant experience:
    • Technical Director of the Verlipack Group from 1990 to 1996
    • Active within the Lotus Bakeries Group from 1996 to 2016, subsequently as Managing Director Lotus
      Bakeries France, General Manager Operations and Executive Director from 2011 to 2016
  • External board mandates:
    • Chair of the Board of Directors of Flanders’ FOOD since 2014
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Frigilunch since 01/2019
    • Member of the Board of Directors of AZORG since 09/2019
    • Member of the Board of Directors of B.I.G. since 10/2019
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Ardo Group since 01/2021
    • Member of the Board of Directors of EPS since 09/2024
    • Chair of the Board of Directors of Groupe Sébacoop since 09/2024
    • Co-Chair of The Pulse Foundation since 09/2024
    • Chair of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB) since 03/2026