Legal framework | Management and control bodies

Its only shareholder is the Belgian State, which is represented in the General Meeting by the Minister of Development Cooperation. The relations between the Belgian State and BTC are governed by a management contract. 

BTC’s organisational structure aims at efficient management and thorough control. The management bodies and control bodies are there to ensure this.

Management bodies

• General Meeting (Minister of Development Cooperation)
• Board of Directors
• Executive manager (In 2004 the Board of Directors decided to entrust the task and competence of the executive manager for an undetermined time to the Chairperson of the Management Committee.)
• Management Committee

Control bodies

• Government’s Auditors (Development cooperation & Budget)
• Board of Auditors (Court of Audit & registered auditors)
• Internal audit

Board of Directors

• Mr Yves Haesendonck (president)
• Mr Jef Valkeniers (substitute president)
• Mr Claude Bougard
• Mr Xavier De Cuyper
• Mrs Kathelijn De Decker
• Mr Luc De Lobel
• Mr Étienne Godin
• Mr Étienne Knoops
• Mrs Leen Laenens
• Mr Jacques Lefèvre
• Mr Willy Peirens
• Mr Milan Rutten

Management Committee

• Mr Carl Michiels, Chair of the Management Committee
• Mr Peter Pauwels, Director of Finances and Information & Communication Management
• Mrs Krista Verstraelen, Director of Human Resources
• Mr Jean-Pierre Luxen, Director of Sectoral and Thematic Expertise
• Mr Luc Langouche, Director Operations