Bart Verhaeghe

Near Brussels, Uplace develops a new workshop district called BROEKLIN, where training, production, consumption and circularity meet at a very central location in Belgium.

[4] In 2004, at the request of the Flemish government, Verhaeghe developed a feasibility study for schools and football stadiums.

At the request of the board of directors at the time, Verhaeghe implemented the internal changes, became chairman and hired Vincent Mannaert to become CEO of Club Brugge.

was transferred to the limited liability company Club Brugge, to which an amount of 15 million euros was contributed.

The community activities – which receive annual structural support from Club Brugge nv – received several national and international prices: The Club Brugge Foundation uses the power and impact of football on society to make a positive contribution to society.

It places an extra focus on the vulnerable groups within society and more specifically within the regions from which Club Brugge's supporters come.

At the beginning of 2020, the city council of Bruges and the board of Club Brugge announced that a new stadium is planned on the current Olympia site.

Only a few months later, Club Brugge strengthened its ownership structure for future growth,[7] with the entry of a new shareholder: Orkila Capital.

As a growth equity investment fund with 15 years experience in sports, media, entertainment and consumer markets in Europe and the US, Orkila Capital will help Club Brugge to further flourish in the fields of marketing digitalization, intellectual property and content development and direct-to-consumer business strategies.

In November 2023, Bart Verhaeghe announced that in the coming years, he will remain the main shareholder of Club Brugge,[8] together with Jan Boone and Peter Vanhecke.

Together with former chairman Gérard Linard, Verhaeghe reorganised the association which made a loss of 8 million Euro in 2016, into a financially healthy federation.

Together with Mehdi Bayat and Chris Van Puyvelde he appointed Roberto Martínez as national coach.

Verhaeghe was head of delegation at the World Cup in Russia where the Red Devils won bronze, the best result ever in the history of Belgian football.

However, in 2022, the football association included Verhaeghe in the task force to appoint Roberto Martinez's successor as national team coach of the Red Devils.

This led to the appointment of Italian-German Domenico Tedesco as the Belgian national team coach since february 2023.