1983: Obtained cum laude triple master’s degrees in Economics, European Economics and Thomistic Philosophy
1984: Becomes corporate manager in Belgian Major Bank
1988: Becomes professor of economics at Ghent University and Nancy University and chief economist at the European Commission
1998: Publication of the book “Limits of economics, a philosophical essay”.
1999: Founder of EBAN, European Business Angel Network
2000: Publication of the book “Why corruption is rampant?”.
2001: Becomes special advisor to the Belgian European Presidency
2001: Publication of the book “Sustainable entrepreneurship in the European Context”.
2002: Becomes chief of staff of Walloon economy minister Serge Kubla.
2002: Founder of the Académie de Croissance d’entreprise and FREE: foundation for the research of l’esprit d’entreprise
2002: Publication of the book “La Paresse économique, pour en finir avec la troisième voie”.
2003: Publication of the book “Corruption à foison”
2004: Publication of the book “Entrepreneurial financing, about bank loans, business angels and risk capital”.

2005: Nominated the father of Business Angels in Europe.
2005: Becomes chief of staff of Federal Minister of Economy, Energy and Foreign Trade Fientje Rebecca Moerman.
2006: Becomes chief of staff of Flemish Minister of Economy Fientje Rebecca Moerman.
2006: Becomes Secretary General of the Flemish Department of Economy, Science and Innovation.
2007: Publication of the book  “Flanders – Wallonia. Je t’aime moi non plus”; also called the anti-Warande manifesto (in NL and FR)
2007: Publication of ‘Brussels the Child of the Account’ (in NL and FR)
2007: Becomes chairman of the Belgium Different think group
2007: Dismissed as secretary general of the Flemish Department of Economy, Science and Innovation because he exposed malpractice in cabinets and B+  launched a petition to make him prime minister. The Court of Auditors, the Ombudsman and the Labor Court found in his favor and he was awarded compensation.
2007: Becomes director general of the NGO One Laptop Per Child, spin-off from MIT, Boston.
2008: Publication of ‘Experience of a Cabinetard’ (NL and Fr)
2008: Publication of ‘How the Government Wastes Your Money’ (NL and Fr)
2008: Founds the French-speaking party Lidé and becomes co-founder and co-chairman of the Parti Popculaire
2010: Participates in the elections in Wallonia as a symbol that Walloons do not hate Flemish people and obtains 28,000 preferential votes
2011: Leaves active politics and receives the prestigious Raymond Aron Democracy Prize and the Political Courage Prize
2011: Becomes Chief Economist of Space Economics, European Commission
2011: Publication of the book “Life without a job – From jobtaker to jobmaker”.
2012: Publication of the novel “De Duivelszak”. 

2013: Becomes chief of staff to Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee.
2015: Becomes curator of TEDx College of Europe and TEDx Brussels.
2018: Becomes member of the European Commission’s ‘Chief economist team’.
2019: Becomes a columnist at Trends-Tendances and FD Magazine.
2021: Publication of Entrepreneurship, no guts no glory, Cambridge.
2022: Becomes European Chairman of the World Business Angel Investment Forum

2022: Becomes Vice-President of the World Science Complexity Academy
2022: Publication of the book “Europe, a look behind the scenes”.
2023: Publication of A new impetus for the European Union, Post-Brexit, Cambridge.

2023: Becomes member of the Board of Bplus

2023: Becomes Business Angel and Cofounder of SID Invest (18 start-ups in portfolio)
2023: Publication of Financial Management in Practice (NL and English)
2023: In addition to UGent and UNancy, also becomes affiliate Professor MBI (joint venture HEC Paris & LMS), n° 1 ranked MBA in Belgium
2024: Also becomes a columnist at World Diplomatic Magazine and Made in.

2024: Becomes member of the investment committee of Mc Capital Partners

2024: Life achievement for his role for Business Angels en Europe; appointed as “the father of the European Business Angels”

2024: Publication of Entrepreneurship, a mindset, Athenapublishers. 

2025: Becomes chief of staff to the President of MR (liberal party)

2026: Publishes Belgium 2040, Europe Stop ou Encore and Financial Management, from Angel to Zebra