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The Rector's Council brings the values of the institution to life on a daily basis. It proposes a strategic vision to the Board of Directors and the General Assembly, and translates it into policies and guidelines. It is made up of the Rector, the General Administrator and six Vice-Rectors.
Annick Castiaux
Rector
Physics Ph.D. Annick Castiaux began her career at the University of Namur, before becoming an information management consultant at I.R.I.S. SA. Returning to the university to develop the management engineering program and initiate research in this field, in 2015 she founded the Creativity and Innovation Research Center (CIRCe). In 2017, Annick Castiaux became Vice-Rector (Teaching, Quality, Digital, Communication) and then Rector in 2021.
Valérie Daenen
General Administrator
Valérie Daenen is a training management engineer. After extensive professional experience in the private sector, she will join the company on May 15, 2023. As General Administrator, Valérie Daenen sits on the Board of Directors and the General Meeting. As the interface between the directives of the Rector's Council and the administrative departments, she chairs the Board of Management and ensures administrative consistency within the institution.
Jeroen Darquennes
Vice-Rector for International and External Relations
Jeroen Darquennes has been Professor of German Linguistics since 2008. Between 2011 and 2021, he was Director of the German Unit, then Director of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and President of the NaLTT Institute. In 2017, he was appointed chargé de mission for international development. After serving as Academic Coordinator of the International Relations Department, he will be appointed Vice-Rector in 2021.
Cécile de Terwangne
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
Cécile de Terwangne has been a professor at the Faculty of Law since 2002 (full professor since 2018). Former Director of the Master of Specialization in ICT Law, she has also held a number of positions in the service of the university community. Appointed Vice-Rector in 2023, she is a permanent guest on the Board of Directors, at the General Assembly and in the institution's consultative bodies.
Stéphane Faulkner
Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation, Quality and Communication
Professor of Information Management at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Management Sciences since 2004, he served for 3 years as Director of the Department of Management Sciences and for 11 years as Head of the Management Engineering program. Chief Information Officer (CIO) since 2019, he is appointed Vice-Rector in 2021.
François-Xavier Fievez
Vice-rector for social, student, gender, sports and cultural affairs
Joining the School of Modern Languages as a teaching assistant in 2001, he has taken on increasing responsibility. He became a senior language teacher (teaching English to students of computer science, economics, biomedical sciences and physics), as well as pedagogical coordinator. He was appointed Vice-Rector in 2021.
Carine Michiels
Vice-Rector for Research and Libraries
Professor-at-Large in the Department of Biology and Honorary Research Director of the FNRS, she was, until her appointment as Vice-Rector in September 2017, the President of the NARILIS Institute, academic head of the BBMC Master's program and spokesperson for the Morph-Im technology platform. She will be appointed First Vice-Rector in 2021.
Laurent Schumacher
Vice-Rector for Education and Sustainable Development
Laurent Schumacher has been Professor of Telecommunications and Computer Networks at the Faculty of Computer Science since 2003. He has also served two terms as Vice-Dean of the Faculty, from 2012 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021. Since the Marcourt decree, Laurent Schumacher has also been involved in the development of IT tools for the administrative management of training courses. He will be appointed Vice-Rector in 2021.
