Master in Political Sciences - Specialisation: International Relations (VUB - 1973). Master in management and public service management (KUL - 1985). Start of career in 1980 as governing board secretary at the Service for People's Development Work. From September 1993 till September 1998: Change manager ministry of the Flemish Community, Appointed as full Director-General of the Culture Department/administration starting from 1 November 1998. Appointed as general administrator with the agency for Arts and Heritage of the policy domain Culture, Youth, Sports and Media.