picture courtesy of Toyota Motor Europe

BJA Annual General Assembly Meeting 2026

The 2026 BJA Annual General Assembly Meeting took place on 26 March at Toyota Motor Europe.
 
For the Statutory Nominations, the below proposals of nominations, renominations and resignations have been unanimously accepted and approved by the members at the AGM.

Nominations

• Mr Geert Benoit, Managing Director of Yamagata Europe
• Mr Domien De Witte, VP Global Sales of Barco

We are honored to have them among our Board Members.

Renominations

• Mr Edward De Beukelaer, CEO and President of E&H De Beukelaer & Co;
• Prof Gilbert Declerck, Board Member of imec International;
• Mr Koh Ichi Masaki; Prof Willy Vande Walle; Mrs Danielle Vermaelen;
• Mrs Aiko Yabunaka, Deputy Director-General of JETRO

are renominated.

Their continued support is highly appreciated. We look forward working together on several exciting projects in the future.

Resignations

• Mr Wouter Bonte, former VP Global Sales of Barco
• Mr Haruhisa Okamoto, Head of Branch of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

We would like to thank them for the warm support to the BJA during their tenure.