Tom is a globe trotting traveler, keen on further engaging in multicultural exchanges and always eager to move on to a next international experience.  As a European national from Belgium, he has lived, traveled, studied and worked in Europe, Asia, Americas, Middle East and Africa. He and his wife, Drieke, currently live in the USA.

Tom has worked in several international business-to-business sectors ranging from international logistics, marine engineering, dredging and environmental works, IT consultancy to high tech display solutions for air traffic control. He has an extensive experience in project management, contract and account management, marketing and sales, organizational and business development, including with large US companies, and both within developed and developing markets.  Tom is fluent in English, French, Spanish, Dutch and has a conversational level in German and Mandarin Chinese.

He enjoys operating in an international environment linking up with a variety of experts and professionals. As a consultant he is interested to work with companies and organizations on international projects where cultural differences and misunderstandings require a multicultural approach and thorough international project management expertise.

Looking for aesthetics and values in his professional activities, his passions are traveling, research, photography, writing, architecture and design.

Most fascinating travel and international professional experiences

        Lebanon, Syria, Jordan (2009), Ethiopia (2009), Senegal & Mali (2008),

        China (2007, Beijing, Xian), Egypt (2006, Western Desert), Asia (2003-05, Professional),

        Iran-Central Asia-China (2003, Silk Road, Shanghai), Vietnam & Japan (1997-99, Professional),

        Singapore (1996, Professional), China-Pakistan (1995, Silk Road), Somalia (1992-93, UN

        mission), India-Nepal (1991), Rwanda (1981-82).

Favorite artists

        Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Zaha Hadid,

        Marcel Breuer, Richard Meier, Oscar Niemeyer,

        Sebastião Salgado,

        Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Permeke, Gust De Smet, Luc Tuymans,

        Hussein Chalayan,

        Shirin Neshat,

To contact Tom, consider an email and send to mail@consideratcaravanserai.net

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