Leading the next economic transition (Welcome drink at 6pm)
Leading the next economic transition (Welcome drink at 6pm)
Sustainability & Engagement

Wed. November 5, 6:00PM

Leading the next economic transition (Welcome drink at 6pm)

Why regeneration is emerging as the new benchmark for business excellence

📢 Welcome drink at 6pm, talk starts at 630pm


What if business performance was measured not just by efficiency, but by the capacity to regenerate ecosystems and society?


This special evening — organised in collaboration with CEC Belgium (Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat) — explores the growing movement of regenerative business: an economy that serves life rather than consumes it. Through vivid stories and candid testimonies, visionary leaders will share how courage, creativity, and collective purpose are already reshaping the corporate world from within.


Our guests — entrepreneurs, executives, and catalysts of transformation — will show what happens when organisations like Renault Trucks, Suez, BioMérieux or Bouygues move beyond “sustainability” to regeneration. Expect an energising dialogue on how to build enterprises that create lasting value for people and planet alike... enterprises built to last.


speaker

Marc Vossen

Entrepreneur, speaker, and advocate for “positive leadership,” Marc Vossen is best known as the former CEO of NGroup, Belgium’s leading independent radio group. Throughout his career, he has championed media as a vehicle for human connection and collective intelligence. Today he serves on multiple boards and mentors leaders seeking to align profit with purpose, encouraging organisations to become living systems that contribute to the vitality of society.

speaker

Yvan Verougstraete

Yvan Verougstraete is a serial entrepreneur turned lead candidate for Les Engagés (Belgium; EPP) in the upcoming European elections. He won the "Manager of the year" award in 2019 as founder and CEO of Medi-Market, the main chain of retail parapharmacies in Belgium. He also founded several catering companies, was director at Delitraiteur and consultant at McKinsey. Before entering the business world, he served as the youngest Belgian local councillor at the age of 18. He studied law at UCL and earned an MBA from Vlerick.

speaker

Éric Duverger

Founder and CEO of the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat (CEC), Éric Duverger leads a movement bringing together more than a thousand companies committed to regenerative transformation. A former senior executive at Michelin, he left the corporate world to dedicate himself to building bridges between business, science, and civil society. Under his guidance, CEC has become a pioneering laboratory for the “regenerative economy” in France and beyond, inspiring leaders to rethink growth in service of life.

speaker

Natalie Dewulf

General Manager of Equans Carbon Shift & Digital, Natalie Dewulf is spearheading the energy and digital transitions within one of Europe’s leading industrial groups. With a background in engineering and business development, she has built a career at the intersection of innovation and sustainability. Joining the CEC Belgium movement, she now aims to help position industry as an essential actor of ecological regeneration and systemic change.
Start
Wed. November 5, 6:00PM
End
Wed. November 5, 9:00PM
Format
TheMerode Talks
Language
French (BE) / Français (BE)
Guest allowed?
Yes, 1 per member

Address

Event
Place Poelaert, 6
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Parking
Parking Poelaert, Place Poelaert 1000 Brussels

Detailed programme

Welcome drink
Wed. November 5, 6:00PM
Start of the event
Wed. November 5, 6:30PM
Networking
Wed. November 5, 7:30PM
End
Wed. November 5, 8:30PM