Jean-Louis de Cartier de Marchienne ventured into various projects as an independent business owner between 1984 and 1991. He was the founder of several Belgium-based agricultural enterprises, with subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Hungary.

Jean-Louisde Cartier de MarchienneChairman

• In 1992, he joined the Board of Directors of printing and publishing company Brepols, based in Turnhout, Belgium. A few years later, in 1995, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brepols Group and all its subsidiaries.

• 1993 marked the arrival of Jean-Louis at Etex, when he joined our group’s Board of Directors. In the years that followed, Jean-Louis would also join the Board of several Etex companies.

• In 1998, Jean-Louis became Managing Director of Cartamundi, a Turnhout-based world leader in the production of playing cards.

• Today, Jean-Louis is Chairman of Brepols Group and its subsidiaries, Cartamundi, and Etex. He is a Director for Promat International and FBNet, the Belgian branch of the international Family Business Network (FBN).

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