He was Air Component Commander from 2006 to 2008 and Chief of Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium in March 2012 until he retired in July 2016.

[1] He was an expertise and member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.

He attended Collège Saint Michel Brasschaat and graduated from the Royal Cadets School Lier in 1970.

He enrolled in the Royal Military Academy as student pilot of the polytechnic division graduated in 1975, he was trained on the Marchetti SF-260, Fouga Magister and T-33 in Brustem.

He was assigned to 350th Squadron of 1st Fighter Wing Beauvechain and attends a conversion of F-16 specific in electronic warfare.