He is an administrator of the
InBev-Baillet Latour Fund, and a former member of the board of the
Brazilian conglomerate InBev, one of the biggest breweries in the world. With an estimated fortune of more than three
billion euros, he is one of Belgium's wealthiest people. A keen
gardener he is président of the
Belgische Dendrologie Belge. He is also President of the International Dendrology Society. He was awarded the
Veitch Memorial Medal of the
Royal Horticultural Society in 2003. In 2007 he donated the
Arboretum Wespelaar to the Foundation Arboretum Wespelaar, which was set up to guarantee the future of the collections and arrange for their opening to the public in 2011. == Bibliography ==