Management & Support

The people take care that the rest of the team can work properly and focus completely on the creative entrepreneurs.

Pascal Cools

Managing Director

CEO, policy creative sector, Districts of Creativity, advice

T+32 16 24 29 01

Astrid Grunwald

Office Manager

Mother of the team, reception, facilities, purchases, Bar d'Office

T+32 16 24 29 24

Sabrina Remy

Finance & Personnel Manager

Accountancy, personnel administration

T+32 16 24 29 17

Knowledge & Advice

These people give advice and mentoring, develop tools and organise Labs and Expert Days.

Carlo Vuijlsteke

Senior Project Manager Knowledge & Advice

Coordinator Districts of Creativity Netwerk, advice, policy, consultation creative industry

T+32 16 24 29 14

Ann Claes

Senior Project Manager Fashion

Coordinator & contact fashion, advice, policy fashion, internationalisation & European projects

T+32 3 226 14 47

Caroline Merckx

Project Manager Advice

Advice, intellectual property, Expert Days

T+32 16 24 29 06

Joyce Smet

Project Manager Advice

Advies, financieel beheer, financiering, subsidies

T+32 3 303 75 93

Marie Boutsen

Project Manager Advice

Advice, Labs, financing, subsidies, artist's statute

T+32 16 24 29 15

Jasmien Wynants

Project Manager Knowledge & Tools

Tool development, circulaire economy/fashion, fashion technology, coordinator & contact gaming

T+32 3 303 75 96

Tom Suykerbuyk

Project Manager Design & Co-creation

Advice, cross-pollination/co-creation, business modelling

T+32 16 24 29 03

Sophie Pay

Project Manager Fashion

Advice, internationalisation, international business development trajects, sales, recruiting

T+32 3 303 75 92

Simon Gryspeert

Project Manager Knowledge & Tools

Tool development, entrepreneurs guide, pricing, crowdfunding, business modelling

T+32 16 24 29 09

Hanne Debaere

Project Manager Advice

Advice, fashion, design, sales, visual arts

T+32 3 303 75 95

Promotion & Events

These people organise events, promotion campagnes, fair presentations en other international promotion actions.

Nora Weytjens

Senior Project Manager Promotion & Events

Events, fairs, image campaign entrepreneurship

T+32 16 24 29 07

Inge Vranken

Senior Project Manager Design

Coordinator & contact design, Henry van de Velde Awards, fairs, advice

T+32 2 227 60 61

Natascha Rommens

Project Manager Promotion & Events

Fairs, international business development trajects, image campaign entrepreneurship

T+32 16 24 29 05

Christian Oosterlinck

Project Manager Promotion & Events

Design fairs

T+32 2 227 60 63

Communication & PR

These people communicate all our activities and are responsible for the content on this website and magazine, and all of our social media channels.

Stefan Ceunen

Marketing & Communications Manager

Communication strategy and planning, marketing Flanders DC projects, online & social media, advice

T+32 16 24 29 12

Nathalie De Schepper

PR & Communications Manager

PR, communication fashion, Fashion Talks, Ik koop Belgisch

T+32 3 303 75 94

Bie Luyssaert

Communications Manager Design

PR & communication design, Henry van de Velde Awards

T+32 2 227 60 62

Mies Van Roy

Content Manager

Coordination website & online magazine

T+32 2 227 60 64

More about us

Who we are and what we stand for
What are our goals?
The creative sector in Flanders
What does the creative sector stand for?
History of the organisation
What are our roots and why the fusion?