Legal Leadership and Innovation in EU Associations

May 2014

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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.

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