
Véronique Willems elected as UEAPME’s new Secretary General
Date
Fri, 12/16/2016
Sections
Innovation & Enterprise
At the UEAPME (1) General Assembly yesterday, Véronique Willems was unanimously elected as new Secretary General of UEAPME. She will take over as from January 2017 and succeed Peter Faross, who led UEAPME over the last three years. Since 2009, she is the Head of European affairs at UNIZO (UEAPME Belgian member organisation) and has been responsible for advocacy on policies affecting SMEs at EUlevel. In January 2016, she was nominated deputy to the SMErepresentative for Belgium at the European Economic and Social Committee. Ms Willems started her career at UNIZO in 1999 as Policy Officer in charge of SME education and counselling and went on to work at the regional office (VlaamsBrabant & Brussel) as responsible for advocacy at regional level, mentorship programs and individual counselling for entrepreneurs. Ms Willems holds a Law degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussels and a Master’s Degree in Commercial sciences / Business management from VLEKHO Brussels.
(1) the European Employers Association for SMEs
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