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Meet our Core Team

Motivation. Dedication. Passion. 

Each year, project leaders and a core team are selected by the academic team to organize the trade mission.

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Project Leader 

Arin Rens 

MA Business Engineering

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Project Leader 

Lucie Pham 

MA Business Engineering

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Project Leader 

Otto Janssens 

MA Business Engineering

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CRM & Cold Calling Operations 

Imrane Boumeriem

MA Business Engineering

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Marketing & Branding 

Melanie Córdova

MA Communication Sciences

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Destination Research & External Relations

Sebastiaan De Blauwe

MA Business Engineering

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Brochure & Editorial Coordination 

Anne-Laure De Brandt

MA Business Engineering

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Finance & Admin Support 

Quentin Lempereur

MA Business Engineering

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Destination Research & Cultural Briefing

Nora Gobien

MA Business Engineering: Business & Technology

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Support Letters & Cold Calling Planning 

Emeline Goetynck

MA Economis Sciences 

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Destination Research, Marketing & External Relations 

Fabienne Kabeya

MA Communication Sciences

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Support Letters, Cold Calling Planning & Admin Support

Elisa Lauwereys

MA Business Engineering

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CRM Structure & Data Quality

Victor Saccone

 

MA Business Engineering

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Marketing & Video Content 

Anshpreet Singh

MA Law & Technology

Meet the Academic Team

The academic team is composed of two professors, a coordinator, and an academic assistant,

all of whom have firsthand experience with the trade mission as former participants.

They are present on-site to support and guide the students throughout the mission.

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Course holder

Prof. dr. Michaël Dooms

Supervisor since 2006 and course holder since 2010

Own mission: Argentina (2001)

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Co-course holder

Prof. dr. Magali Geerts

Assistant since 2016 and Co-course holder since 2022
Own mission: China (2015)

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Coordinator

Fanny Soyeur

Coordinator since 2019
Own mission: Colombia (2019)

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Assistant

Assistant since 2026

Accompanied mission: South-India (2026)

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