[6] The candidates are chosen by a selection committee made up of alumni of the fund and experts in international trade and human resources.

Some 200 Belgian companies (ranging from small start-ups to well-established businesses) have enabled these young people to experience part of their commercial development abroad.

The Fund's aim was to embody the vision of a group of captains of industries to promote Belgian business abroad.

[13] In 2014 Chris Burggraeve (marketeer and professor at the TRIUM EMBA) was nominated President of the Management Committee of the Fund, succeeding captain of industry Julien De Wilde.

At this occasion, King Albert handed over the reins of the fund to his daughter Princess Astrid of Belgium.