Every other Friday, journalist Hakima Darhmouch will wake up your brain at TheMerode with an enlivening discussion around our collective future. With her expert interviewing skills on hand, Hakima meets thought leaders from economics, politics and the environment to culture and tech. Come equipped with your own questions, and join us for coffee and debate, from 8 am. We’ll always wrap up at 9 am sharp to ensure you are able to make your morning meetings. 

Hakima Darhmouch graduated in communication. In 2014, she obtained an Executive Master in Management at Solvay Business School. She made her debut in radio in 1999, and a few months later joined the team of reporters at RTL. As a journalist, deputy editor-in-chief and presenter of the most watched news programme in French-speaking Belgium for 12 years, Hakima also covers political news. In 2018, she made a major professional change by joining the public service. She joined the management committee of RTBF where she was in charge of the “Culture” department for more than three years. In 2021, Hakima Darhmouch decided to take up new professional challenges in line with her personal aspirations. She is now a communication consultant at akkanto. Since 2021, she is board member  at Bozar and the Atomium.