Luc Arnouts

Luc Arnouts is Vice President, International Relations and Networks at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, a position he has held since mid-2017, following the merger of the Antwerp and Bruges ports. He joined the Antwerp Port Authority in 2007 as Chief Commercial Officer.

He began his career at the logistics company Group Katoennatie, where he worked from 1986 until 1992 and gained operational experience in cargo handling, stevedoring, transport, warehousing and ocean freight forwarding. He held management positions in sales and general management.

In 1992, he moved to SGS-Group Belgium, where he served as General Manager of SGS-Van Bree. He was a member of the Central Management Committee and the Strategic Committee, and was in charge of SGS’s logistics and port handling business in Belgium.

In 2000, he became Vice President Cargo Handling Europe at Aviapartner, a leading European airport handling company, where he was also a member of the Central Board.

Arnouts holds a Master’s in Law from the University of Antwerp and a Master’s in General Management from the University of Ghent.