Fundraisers Belgium appoints three new board members

EFA member Fundraisers Belgium appointed three new members of its board at its recent online general meeting: Luk Daniëls, Manu Van Roosbroeck and Mieke Willems.

Daniëls has been head of marketing at wildlife and nature conservation nonprofit Natuurpunt since 2011. Before that he worked for other environmental organisations including the youth-focused Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu.

Van Roosbroeck is head of fundraising and communications at Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen (Flemish Refugee Action). He began his career as a face-to-face fundraiser for Greenpeace, where he spent 10 years in a variety of positions.

Since 2022, Willems has been fundraising manager at cancer charity Stichting Tegen Kanker. She has also worked for Oxfam, and for more than five years sat on the board of social impact investor Oikocredit Belgium.

The new trio join the board as Amnesty International fundraising coordinator Jeroen Janssens steps down after seven years of service.

The nine-person board is chaired by Isabel Penne, who co-founded Fundraisers Belgium in 2011.

Penne told Fundraising Europe that a milestone for the organisation in the second half of 2024 will be the launch of a country’s first Postgraduate Certificate in Fundraising. Starting in September, this course will initially be offered in Dutch (Flemish).