François Casier

François Casier, representing Arema sprl, joined the board of Vandemoortele in the 80’s and, since 1999 he also chairs the Family Council. Holder of a Law and of an MBA degree from Insead in France, he started his professional career in marketing at Procter & Gamble. Later, François Casier managed a company that employed 40 people for 9 years. After a fortuitous encounter with a young refugee, he founded and managed the non-profit organisation Mentor-Escale. Through this, François Casier helped more than a hundred unaccompanied minor refugees every year in their process of becoming independent and responsible citizens. He also sits on the board of The de Duve Institute, a multidisciplinary biomedical research institute. François Casier is a member of the 4th generation of the Vandemoortele family.