EDUCATION
• Msc in Communication (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve)
• Bachelor in Law (ULiège)
• Secondary school – Collège Marie-Thérèse in Herve (Mathematics-Languages)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Vice-President and Minister of Economy, Industry, Digital technology, Research, Employment and Training of the Walloon Government
• MR (liberal political party) President of Liège district federation since 2021
• Town councillor in Herve
PREVIOUS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
• Minister-President of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (2019-2024)
• Vice-President and Minister of Economy, Industry, Research, Innovation, Digital technology, Employment and Training of the Walloon Government (2017-2019)
• Minority Leader (MR) – Walloon Parliament – from 22nd October 2014 to 27th July 2017
• Mayor of Herve from 3rd December 2012 to 27th July 2017
• Walloon and community Deputy from 23rd June 2009 to 27th July 2017
• President of the parliamentary committee “Culture, youth, audiovisual media, press and cinema aid”
• MR spokesman from January 2008 to February 2011
• Federal Deputy from 26th June 2007 to 23rd June 2009
• Walloon Deputy from 29th June 2004 to 26th June 2007
• French community Deputy from 6th July 2004 to 26th June 2007
• Federal Deputy from 14th July 2003 to 29th June 2004
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Deputy chief of staff and spokesman to the Minister of Finance from July 1999 to July 2003
• Press Officer to the PRL-FDF political group President at the House of Representatives from January 1996 to July 1999
• Editor-in-chief in charge of communication at « Réseau Radio Ciel » from January 1993 to December 1995
