Legal Leadership and Innovation in EU Associations

Jean-Claude Lahaut, General Counsel, CEFIC, Belgium

Legal Leadership and Innovation in EU Associations

Jean Claude Lahaut is Doctor in Law, University of Liège (B) and Master in Business Administration, HEC Paris (F). He is visiting professor (Maître de Conférences ) at HEC ULg, Management School of the University of Liège After a career in industry, mainly with Lafarge and Solvay in Belgium, France and Germany, he was until 2013 the Secretary General in charge of legal and advocacy matters of the European Council of the Chemical Industry (Cefic) in Brussels. He is active in several European associations.

Cefic is the association serving the companies and national and sectorial associations of the chemical industry in Europe in their relations with the European and international institutions .