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Yvan De Mesmaeker

Contributor

Contact address (private) :

Vilvoordsesteenweg 123
1850 Grimbergen

Contact address :

rue Engeland 555
1180 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2 600 50 09
+32 475 41 34 00
ydm [at] ecsa-eu [dot] org

Main affiliations

  • Secretary General of the European Corporate Security Association - ECSA (www.ecsa-eu.org)
  • Managing Director of Omega Risk
  • Secretary General & Executive Committee Member of ATHENA - Alumni Association of the Graduates from the High Studies Security & Defence (www.cercle-athena.be)
  • Secretary of the Brussels - Belgium Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council - U.S. Department of State (www.osac.be)
  • Academic Director of the High Studies Police, Justice & Corporate Security (www.highstudies.eu)
  • Lecturer at the Belgian National College for Senior Police Officers (www.police.ac.be)

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Education

Yvan De Mesmaeker has a Master Degree in Engineering from the University of Brussels (VUB) and specialized at the Universities of Liège (ULg), Brussels (ULB) and Mons. He broadened his education with studies in Financial Analysis (ICHEC), International Marketing and Corporate Security. He gained insights in geopolitical issues trough the Hautes Etudes de Sécurité et de Défense at the Institut Royal Supérieur de Défense (IRSD).

Short bio

In 1991, after having assumed several functions in multinational corporations (Fichet, Philips and Glaverbel) De Mesmaeker founded Omega Risk, an independent Audit & Advisory practice assisting Corporations and Institutions with security issues and emergency response.

His main fields of expertise are the Protection of the Critical Infrastructure, Corporate Resilience, Information Security and Executive Protection Programs.

In 2005 he was appointed Secretary General of the European Corporate Security Association - ECSA.

Selected works

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