Willy vochten

Willy Vochten is a human resources pioneer for more than 35 years.

Graduations & Skills

Willy graduated as M.Sc. in Industrial and Experimental Psychology at Brussels’ University. He also holds a Certificate as Therapist and Coach in Gestalt.

During his career he has acquired sound experience across all HR-related disciplines including recruitment, talent management, personnel administration, compensation and benefits, international transitions, social legislation, union negotiation, M&A, and internal communication.

Experience

In the late 80’s, he was appointed Senior HR Executive at General Motors Belgium and became a member of the European HR Committee (HQ in Zürich).
After the takeover of Générale de Belgique (largest Belgian Holding Cy) by Suez (France), he was invited to assist in the renewal of this large organization.
In the early 90’s, Willy was appointed Senior VP Human Resources at GB (Carrefour). As a member of the Executive Team, he was involved in all strategic matters influencing the workforce. He implemented a complete turnaround of this large Group.
Since 1996 he has been active as a people and organizational development consultant. His clients are leaders in their markets and active in a variety of businesses on a national level as well as on a Global level, such as telecom, electronic payments, logistics, banking, financial services, chemicals, health care, aviation e.o
He became a BIOSS/EDAC associate in 2001 (Brunel Institute of Organizational & Social Studies).