Our team

Jan Verbrugge
Founding / Managing Partner
Jo Goossens
Partner
Wouter Vandeberg
Partner
Eddy Verbrugge
Partner
Joris Vanhove
Partner
Séverine De Laet
Associate
Steffen Moens
Associate
Thomas Viaene
Associate – COO
Jeroen de Kock
Associate
Sven Van den Borren
Associate
Shana Salaets
Front Office Manager – PA Managing Partner
Anthony Vandenbossche
Commercial Director
Lucas Van Tongelen
Business Development Manager
Arne Van Canneyt
Financial Analyst
Bill Veereman
Financial analyst
Charlotte Swaegers
Takeover consultant
Antoine Declerck
Financial Analyst
Sofie Walravens
Financial Analyst
Yoni Verfaillie
Management Assistant
Joséphine Bourgeois
Financial Analyst
René Berquin
Partner
Manfred Krcmar
Senior Advisor
Sare Cools
Management Assistant
Viviane Matthys
Financial Director
Yves De Meyer
Senior Advisor
Jan Verbrugge
Founding / Managing Partner- Former commercial director in the food and tobacco industry.
- 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions as a partner in the Belgian and Dutch Corporate Finance House.
- Very broad experience in mergers and acquisitions for SMEs and accountancy auditing and revising firms.
- BIV recognition: 203689.

Jo Goossens
Partner- Responsible for the international network Advior International.
- 30 years of experience in sales and marketing, international general management, and mergers and acquisitions especially in fast-moving commercial goods and e-commerce.
- Specialised in C-level negotiations, strategic business modelling and efficient deal-making.
- Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences, supplemented with a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Vlerick Business School).

Wouter Vandeberg
Partner- Almost 15 years of experience in a Big-4 in Belgium, Russia and the UK, a great deal of which was in Corporate Finance.
- Specialised in international mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and (semi-)industrial real estate dossiers.
- Master’s degree in Applied Economics supplemented with an accreditation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).

Eddy Verbrugge
Partner- Responsible for the international network Advior International.
- Former managing director and general director of a listed Dutch multinational.
- More than 15 years of operational experience with domestic and foreign acquisitions of medium and large enterprises.
- Specialised in cross-border acquisitions.
- Master’s degree in Economics.
- BIV recognition: 50204.


Séverine De Laet
Associate- Master’s degree in Commercial Engineering (University of Antwerp).
- Specialised in financial management.
- Responsible for the analysis and processing of financial data.
- Supports consultants with diverse dossiers.

Steffen Moens
Associate- Master’s degree in Commercial Engineering (KU Leuven).
- Specialised in finance and accountancy.
- Supports consultants with diverse dossiers.

Thomas Viaene
Associate – COO- Master’s degree in Commercial Engineering (UGent).
- Specialised in Corporate Financing.
- Responsible for the analysis and processing of financial data.
- Supports consultants with diverse dossiers.

Jeroen de Kock
Associate- Master TEW KU Leuven
- Postgraduaat Corporate Finance KU Leuven
- Ernst & Young: ACR consultant

Sven Van den Borren
Associate- Master of Laws (UA)
- Master Financial Management (Vlerick Business School)

Shana Salaets
Front Office Manager – PA Managing Partner- Commercial communications management.
- Responsible for secretarial services and the processing of consultants’ data.
- Supports consultants with diverse dossiers.


Lucas Van Tongelen
Business Development Manager- Master HIR KU Leuven
- Masters in Financial Management Vlerick Business School
- ABN AMRO Corporate Banking

Arne Van Canneyt
Financial Analyst- Bachelor Applied Economic Sciences @KU Leuven
- Master Applied Economic Sciences @KU Leuven
- Master Corporate Finance and Banking @EDHEC Business School

Bill Veereman
Financial analyst- Bachelor TEW UAntwerpen
- Master Entrepreneurship Bayes Business School London

Charlotte Swaegers
Takeover consultant- Master of Business Engineering (KU Leuven)
- Specialisation: accountancy & finance

Antoine Declerck
Financial Analyst- Master of Applied Economic Sciences, (KU Leuven)
- Extended Master of Business Administration (University of Bern)

Sofie Walravens
Financial Analyst- Master in Commercial Engineering
- Erasmus Université de Montréal

Yoni Verfaillie
Management Assistant- Communication management – Specialization commercial communication – AP Hogeschool
- Junior project manager – Communications agency Volta in Antwerp

Joséphine Bourgeois
Financial Analyst- Bachelor International Entrepreneurship, Karel de Grote Hogeschool
- Master Commercial Sciences – Corporate Finance, KU Leuven
- Master International and European Relations, KU Leuven

René Berquin
Partner- More than 20 years of experience in the management of medium-sized businesses in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Extensive experience with domestic and foreign acquisitions.
- Studies in Engineering, supplemented with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
- BIV recognition: 502602.


Sare Cools
Management Assistant- Responsible for secretarial services and the processing of consultants’ data.
- Supports consultants with diverse dossiers.


Yves De Meyer
Senior Advisor- Active for 20 years in corporate and investment banking with major banks in Belgium and London.
- Specialised in cross-border acquisitions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Belgium) and Master’s degree in Business Administration (USA).