Kristof Waterschoot
Kristof Waterschoot: male, Belgian Nationality, MA in economics, University Antwerp, has a good knowledge of Dutch, English, French and German, and he is a port operations and management expert. His experience covers all aspects of ports strategy, including port administration optimization. He is good at feasibility studies, business planning, detailed insight in the expected evolution of revenue and costs, market research (regional cargo flows analysis, market potential, supply chain analysis), project supervision and project management.
The work experience of Kristof Waterschoot includes: political advisor to the vice-mayor in city of Antwerp during 2004-2006; senior advisor to the Chairman in Antwerp Port Authority (responsible for communication and public affairs of Port of Antwerp) during 2006-2009; representative of House of Representatives in Belgian Parliament during 2009-2010; manager trade facilitation in Antwerp Port Authority (to assist customers of the Port Antwerp with all trade related regulatory issues) during 2010-2011; representative of house of representatives in Belgian Parliament, full member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (responsible for trade agreements, foreign economic policy, business related taxation and customs issues) during 2011-2014; senior expert in APEC/Antwerp Flanders Port training center (responsible for diplomatic contacts and developing tailor-made professional port training programs.) during 2014 – 2015; managing director in Port of Antwerp International, member of the board in Port of Duqm, Oman, during 2015- ongoing. Now, he is managing director in APEC/Antwerp Flanders Port Training Center.
