Rudy Aernoudt

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Rudy Aernoudt, Head of Cabinet of the EESC 2013-2015

Rudy Aernoudt is a Belgian professor, writer, politician, economist and philosopher, born in Torhout.[1] He was many times Chief of staff (director of cabinet) of the Ministers of economy and innovation both in Flanders and in Wallonia, of the Belgian Minister of economics and scientific policy and of the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Henri Malosse.[2] He is the only person to serve as Head of Cabinet at the European, Belgian, Walloon and Flemish levels. He is professor of corporate finance at the Universities of Ghent and Nancy and Professor of Economics, Monetary and Geopolitical Environment for the International Executive MBA, a joint venture of HEC Paris and UCLouvain.

Professional career

Holding master's degree in monetary and industrial economics from KU Leuven, European economics from the College of Europe and Thomistic philosophy from KU Leuven, Rudy Aernoudt began his career as credit manager in the international banking sector before becoming an official in the European Commission, as senior economist (SME financing, scale-up financing, industrial and enterprise policy) and chief economist (space economics). He was member of the foresight task force.[3]

He has written several (over 40) books and articles (500 +) on enterprise finance, on politics, on philosophy and in particular on corruption, its nature, its consequences and how to tackle and prevent it. He even published a by the press well received novel (De Duivelszak)[4] about it. He is columnist for FD-Magazine, Trends-Tendance and Made In.

He is one of the few (probably the only) Belgians to make a career on both sides of the linguistic border being alternately Deputy Head of Cabinet of

OpenVLD federal-level and then Flemish Minister (Dutch-speaking liberal right) in 2003–2006. He writes, following this experience and due to his convictions, the book which will make him known to the general public "Wallonia - Flanders, I love you, me neither" published in 2006.[5] In it, he seeks to dispel the different Flemish clichés on Wallonia and to demonstrate the relevance of the unity of Belgium. This book – a real bestseller – is also a response to the Warande manifesto, a publication by a group of Flemish businessmen and academics, aiming to demonstrate the relevance of Flemish independence from an economic point of view. The same year as he became Secretary-General of the Flemish administration, following his departure from office and his appointment, he denounced embezzlement
within his own cabinet with the Minister Fientje Moerman, who was forced to resign. Rudy Aernoudt followed up on this momentum by publishing the following year "Brussels, the unloved child" which insists on the advantages that Brussels offers to Belgium, deemed underexploited.[6]

2007 witnessed the EU crisis and the electoral victory of the cartel

NVA whose visions of the future of the country radically opposed to those of Rudy Aernoudt. He was thus abruptly let go following an interview published in Le Soir where he questioned the legitimacy of Yves Leterme to lead a reform of the state at the expense of the federal government. The Flemish Government stated that "any collaboration had become impossible". Rudy Aernoudt presented his version of events in "Adventures of a 'cabinettard'"[7] and, after losing the first trial,[8] gets the conviction of the Flemish government.[9]

Academic career

He is considered by the Forum of the Future as one of the best Belgian economists.

Technical University of Brno at the Czech Republic. He was member of the board of the Flemish Inter-university Council and the Fund for Scientific Research. He is vice-President of the World Complexity Science Academy.[13]

He was director-general of OLPC, a spin-off of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Based on this experience, he became curator of TEDxBrussels (www.TEDxbrussels.eu). Now he is a regular speaker at TEDx events on topics as the (non)sense of economy [14] Besides, he speaks at numerous conferences (ESA, OECD, Dubai Forum, CEO summit, etc).

His courses financial management, based on his book financial management in Practice, has been selected by HSTalks in 2023 as the best and most practical courses in the topic and are available at HSTalks [15]

"Rudy Aernoudt is a brilliant Flemish liberal intellectual. Through several books, Rudy Aernoudt is one of the very rare Flemish personalities to promote the union of Belgium, supported by figures [...] Whether you agree or disagree with his ideas, Rudy Aernoudt appears as an intelligent man, offering creative ideas and supporting his conclusions with advanced technical analysis. Far from being an ordinary speaker, he is an excellent speaker with explosive humour."[16]. He is considered as Flemish Francophile, unclassifiable and flamboyant.[17]

The father of Business Angels in Europe

He co-founded EBAN, the European Business angel network. He is senator ambassador and European chair of the World Business Angels Investment Forum. He received from WBAIF President Baybar Altunas the award for advancing the agenda for World Business Angels.[18] In April 2013, he became the Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, the Frenchman Henri Malosse.[2] He thus became the only Belgian to have served as Head of Cabinet at the European, national (Belgian) and regional (Wallonia and Flanders) levels. He conceived and launched an SBIC-inspired investment initiative at the Commission called ESCALAR, that supports venture capital and growth financing for promising companies, enabling them to scale up in Europe and help reinforce Europe's economic and technological sovereignty,[19] which he explained for instance at Euronews.[20] The Wall Street Journal identified him as "the hero for European entrepreneurship", and he is considered as the father of the business angels in Europe.[21] He is member of the advisory board of MCCapital and co-founder of the SID (Sustainable Innovation Durable) -Fund. [22]

Political mood

Rudy Aernoudt in 2013

Rudy Aernoudt continued his political battle in 2008 by creating a bilingual movement, "België Anders/La Belgique Autrement" (Belgium differently), which organized a series of conferences. He teaches in different universities (Ghent, Brussels) and became director-general of

MIT
.

In 2008, he created the

FDF
vetoed by threatening to leave the MR as Aernoudt was considered too Belgicist. Aernoudt is considered to be the architect of this separation. Aernoudt was confirmed with an overwhelming majority of 28,000 votes but left active politics; at least in terms of political parties.

For his political positions, Rudy Aernoudt has received several awards, among which the prestigious award of the French community Aron - Condorcet, the price for best European entrepreneurship program, the prize for political courage at Belgian level B+ and WBAIF-award for advancing the agenda for World Business Angels. He is a special advisor at the World Diplomatic Institute;[23] board member of the Freson-Horta Foundation [24] and X-Squared gender ambassador.[25]

Publications

Rudy Aernoudt published 500 + papers in economic journals and published over 40 books on politics, economics and philosophy.

References

  1. ^ "Rudy Aernoudt: le sous-marin flamingant". FrancophonedeBruxelles.com. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Rudy Aernoudt appelé à de hautes fonctions à l'Europe". RTBF.be. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/strategic-planning/strategic-foresight_en
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  5. ISBN 9789086790364
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  6. ISBN 978-9054664673
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  8. ^ "Rudy Aernoudt, qui contestait son licenciement, a été débouté". 7sur7.be. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Exclusif : Rudy Aernoudt gagne en appel contre la Flandre". Trends-Tendances.be. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  10. ^ https://offfcourse.be/event/738/session/all
  11. ^ https://www.best-masters.com/ranking-master-in-belgium/master-executive-mba.html
  12. ^ "La Libre Belgique: Le cours donné par Rudy Aernoudt à l'Ulg est-il neutre ?", RTBF and "Aernoudt enseigne à l’ULg « comment l’État gaspille votre argent »", Le Soir, 2010-06-24
  13. ^ wcsa.org
  14. ^ Le (non) sens de l’économie | Rudy Aernoudt | TEDxLaBaule
  15. ^ Aernoudt, R. (2023, September 28). Financial management: the concept [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 5, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/5396/. Aernoudt, R. (2023, September 28). Valuation [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 5, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/5399/. Aernoudt, R. (2023, September 28). Investment analysis [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 5, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/5400/. Aernoudt, R. (2023, September 28). Venture capital [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 5, 2023, from https://hstalks.com/bm/5407/.
  16. ^ "Laurent Louis, le député pour qui personne n'a voté". ploum.net. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  17. ^ https://www.lavenir.net/actu/belgique/2013/11/07/rudy-aernoudt-la-politique-plus-jamais-CMFNE3IQGNF2BNOHC6QJL3ENM4/
  18. ^ "World Business Angel Investment Forum". wbaforum.org. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  19. ^ FD Magazine, Scale-up initiative, November 2017
  20. ^ "What challenges are entrepreneurs faced with during the COVID-19 pandemic?". 24 April 2020.
  21. ^ Gerald W. Garner, Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me. PsycEXTRA Dataset (2006). Geraadpleegd op 13 mei 2021.
  22. ^ http://www.sidnetwork.eu/
  23. ^ "Our Team". 18 January 2022.
  24. ^ "Home". Foundation Frison Horta. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  25. ^ "XKwadraat - Genderequivalence at work". XKwadraat. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

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