Company Secretary

The Company Secretary is appointed by the Board of Directors. He or she assists the Chairman, the chairman of each committee (Executive Committee, NRC or Audit Committee) and every director in the fulfillment of their tasks. The Company Secretary also reports to the Board on how procedures, rules and regulations are followed and complied with and on the execution of his or her own tasks.

Wilfried Van Lishout (1964 - Belgian) has a Law Degree from the Catholique University of Leuven (Belgium) and an Economics Degree from the 'Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales', Brussels (Belgium). He started his career in 1989 with the legal team of Price Waterhouse Tax, Legal and Management Consultants, specializing in company law and M&A. In 1997, he joined Belgacom where he held various positions in the legal, corporate governance and M&A domains. Later, he was Legal Director for Fixed Line Services, responsible for managing all legal aspects related to Belgacom's business in fixed line telephony, broadband internet and television. In September 2007, Wilfried Van Lishout joined Agfa HealthCare as Head of Legal and in 2008 he became Company Secretary.