Frederiek Vermeulen

Biography

Political Director of the Belgian political party cd&v, of which he has been a member since 2004. He served as Team Leader Governance and Strategy at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in Paris (2020–2022), following his role as Senior Officer at the same institution from 2011 to 2020. Previously, he worked as an Officer at the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) in Paris (2009–2011) and as Project Manager at the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) in Brussels (2007–2009). He also lectured at Gezinsbond (2008).

He has been Chairman of cd&v Ichtegem since 2017 and Group Leader of the Ichtegem Municipal Council since January 2019. He has chaired the alumni association of Christen-Democratische Studenten since 2007. He previously served as International Secretary of Christian Democratic Students (CDS) and as a member of the European Democrat Students Board, the youth wing of the European People's Party. He is also a member of Innesto30, the group behind the successful Innesto Congress.

From 2006 to 2007, he served as Chair of LOKO, the Leuven student council, and was a member of the Executive Board, Board of Directors and Academic Council of KU Leuven.

He studied Economics-Mathematics at Sint-Andreasinstituut in Ostend and earned a Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences, specialising in Accounting and Taxation (cum laude), from KU Leuven.

His vision is one in which everyone is given fair opportunities to develop. He advocates for an ambitious country that strives to be the best in the world without leaving anyone behind, with a human-scale economy that prioritises the planet. He believes in investing in innovation and infrastructure and in creating safe and comfortable places where people love to live.