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

Knowledge & Advice

These people give advice and mentoring, develop tools and organise events.

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 3 303 75 91

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, circular economy/fashion, fashion technology

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

Coordinator & contact games, tool development, 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

Christian Oosterlinck

Project Manager Promotion & Events

Design fairs

T+32 2 227 60 63

Communications & 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

Mies Van Roy

Content Manager

Coordination website & online magazine

T+32 2 227 60 64

Jeroen Renmans

Digital Wizard

Digital solutions

T+32 16 24 29 16

Natascha Rommens

PR & Communications Manager

Communications design and PR

T+32 16 24 29 05

Alex Kolotoukhina

Content Creator

Social media, newsletters, mailings

T+32 3 303 75 94
The Flanders DC team

The Flanders DC team. Click on the picture to see the captions!

Photography: Athos Burez / Camera assistence: Roel Van Tittelboom / Production: Nono C. / Make-up & hair: Sanne Schoofs en Mathilde Van Hoof / Styling: Farah El Bastani

More about us

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