Director

Ludwig Criel (1951) graduated in applied economic sciences from the University of Ghent, and also holds a degree in management from the Vlerick School of Management. He joined Boelwerf as a project manager in 1976. He held various management functions within the Almabo/Exmar group and was then made chief financial officer of CMB. In 1999 he was appointed managing director of the Wah Kwong group in Hong Kong. He is vice-chairman of the West of England P&I Club. He is chairman of De Persgroep, director of Exmar and various CMB group subsidiaries. He has been a director of CMB since 1991 and a director of Euronav since the incorporation of Euronav in 2003.