Experience in managing and designing complex IT infrastructure in the field of long term preservation of (meta)data. Advisor to the Belgian government concerning national and European e-infrastructures. Former head of ICT and digitization in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. National Representative in the ESFRI landmark DARIAH ERIC, expert to the Commission on “Digital Cultural Heritage and Europeana” and National delegate in the e-Infrastructures Reflection Group.