Tom Hautekiet

Tom Hautekiet serves as the President of the Belgian Hydrogen Council since June 2023 and holds the position of Chief Commercial Officer at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges since April 2022. Previously, Tom Hautekiet was the Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Zeebrugge from October 2020 to April 2022 and accumulated substantial experience at Bekaert from 1998 to 2020, where roles included Vice-president and Senior Vice-president of Building Products, as well as Global Sales & Marketing Manager. Earlier in their career, Tom Hautekiet worked as a project leader at Lafaut Project Development focused on industrial building project management. Tom Hautekiet holds a Master's degree in Construction Engineering from Katholieke Hogeschool 'Sint-Lieven' and has completed multiple executive education programs at CEDEP and INSEAD.