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.Dct_43081
Board of directors
President: Count Yvan de LaunoitHonorary 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 LaunoitSecretary 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
Contact a team member
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.
