Baron Jean-Pierre Berghmans, born 23 January 1949 in Namêche, is a Belgian economist and industrialist.
He heads the Belgian Lhoist group, world leader in the lime, dolomite and mineral solutions.
On his mother's side, he is a descendant of the Lhoist family dynasty, industrialists specialising in lime, dolime and mineral solutions since the late 19th century.
He studied at university, obtaining a degree in pure economics from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Under the impetus of Jean-Pierre Berghmans, the Lhoist group extended its activities to the American continent in the 1980s, then to eastern Europe and Germany in the 1990s.