Paul Buysse

Paul Henri Maria, Count Buysse, CMG, CBE (17 March 1945 – 30 December 2023) was a Belgian businessman.

Buysse graduated from the Tenneco Advanced Management Programme (Mont Pelerin, Switzerland).

Buysse started his career in 1966 at Ford Motor Company, after which he joined British Leyland Belgium in 1976.

In 1998 he became CEO of Vickers plc (London), after which in 2000 he joined the Bekaert Group as chairman of the board, which he remained until May 2014.

In addition, Count Buysse was chairman of the College of Censors of the National Bank of Belgium, vice-chairman [1] of the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID), chairman of Immobel, founder-president of NEA (a socio-economic reflection centre), member of the executive committee of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB), member of the high council of the University of Antwerp, member of the Belgian Council of INSEAD - Fontainebleau, member of the board of directors VEV (Flemish employers federation), chairman of FBNet Belgium (Family Business Network Belgium).