Organisation
 
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The Queen Elisabeth Competition is an independent non-profit association (asbl/vzw), run by a board of directors and an executive committee. A permanent team of seven collaborators takes care of the daily management.

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Board of directors

President: Count Yvan de Launoit 
Honorary President: Baron Jan Huyghebaert 
Secretary to H.M. the Queen: Machteld Fostier 
Members:  Marc Clémeur, Kathleen Coessens, Baron Bert De Graeve, Peter de Caluwe, Baroness Alison de Maret, Baroness Kristine De Mulder, Serge Dorny, Knight Paul Dujardin, Michel Eeckhout, Bernard Foccroulle, Gilles Ledure, François le Hodey, Sibylle Mencik von Zebinsky, Benoît Mernier, Christian Renard, Baroness Michèle Sioen, Baron Hugo Vandamme, Werner Van Lembergen, Christian Van Thillo

Executive committee

President: Count Yvan de Launoit 
Secretary to H.M. the Queen: Machteld Fostier 
Members: Nicolas Dernoncourt, Bernard Foccroulle, Gilles Ledure, Christian Renard, Marie Vander Elst, Werner Van Lembergen

Team

Secretary general: Nicolas Dernoncourt (absent for an indefinit period)
Secretary general ad interim, Fundraising & Protocol: Marie Vander Elst
Multimedia & Archives: Valeria Ciccarello
Communication & Events Assistant: Hanne De Graef
Administration: Geoffroy Delhez
Production & artistic coordination: Guillaume Knop
Communication: Barbara Stael


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The Queen Elisabeth Competition is a founding member of the



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The association operates with limited fixed costs. Its main financial resources come from ticket sales and subscriptions. While it does not benefit from any ongoing institutional subsidy, the association can count on the loyal support of the National Lottery, corporate sponsors BNP Paribas Fortis, Proximus, TotalEnergies and Rolex, other partners and of numerous generous music lovers, be it private patrons, host families or volunteers.

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