Organisation

As a public interest body and legal entity, the Port of Brussels has four groups of public shareholders whose shares are distributed as follows:

  • The Brussels Capital Region, which holds a 58.05% share of the capital;
  • The City of Brussels, which holds a 33.40% share of the capital;
  • The 8 Brussels municipalities shareholders of the former Société du Canal (Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Schaerbeek, Saint-Gilles, Anderlecht, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Ixelles, Koekelberg, Etterbeek) which jointly hold a 4.88% share of the capital;
  • The S.A. Bruxelles-Infrastructures-Finances, division of the Société régionale d’investissement de Bruxelles, which holds a 3.67% share of the capital.

Board of Directors

Yassine AKKI
Chairman
Anthony BAERT
Deputy chairman

Directors

Faten ALAMAT
Rachid BEN SALAH
Marie-Carmen BEX
Franc BOGOVIC
Catherine de BUCK van OVERSTRAETEN
Audrey CLABOTS
Alexandre DERMINE
Laurent GABELE
Blaise GODEFROID
Shanti INGELS
Leila KABACHI

Florianne de MAHIEU
Maximilien RALET
Döne SONMEZ
Philippe VANSNICK​​​​​​​
Raphaël VAN HUYCK
Donatienne WAHL

Tom ZOETE

Commissioners of the Brussels Capital Government

Lise NAKHLÉ
Lander PICCART

Executive management

Gert Van der Eeken
Gert Van der Eeken
CEO
Caroline Hermanus
Caroline Hermanus
Deputy director general

Support department and Harbourmaster's Office

Caroline Hermanus
Caroline Hermanus
Director - Head of Service

Recruitment, training and development of competencies
Administrative and social management
Job induction
Budget
General, budgetary and analytical accounting
Finance
Harbourmaster’s office
Insurance
Legal advice & litigation
Public procurement

Development and infrastructure department

Rainier Reekmans
Director - Head of Service

Land management (renting and extensions)
Reallocation and expansion of the port domain
Authorisations
Contract management
Strategy
Technical department

Port development department

Philippe Matthis
Philippe Matthis
Director

Technical department

Laurent Mampaey
Director

Waterway studies and maintenance 
Construction and maintenance of infrastructure (buildings)
Canal maintenance
Electromechanics
Environment

Harbourmaster's office

Jerry Vanhemelen
Harbour Master

Navigation
Port security
Engineering structures
Perception