Board of Directors
Paul Geerlings
Vice-President & Treasurer
VUB representative
Karsten De Clerck
VUB representative
Pierre Gurdjian
ULB representative
Edouard Janssen
ULB representative
Jean-Marie Solvay
President
Solvay Family representative
Nicolas Boel
Solvay Family representative
Muriel De Lathouwer
ULB representative
Annick Hubin
Secretary
VUB representative
Marina Solvay
Solvay Family representative
Honorary members
Gino Baron
Emeritus Professor VUB
Franz Bingen
Emeritus Professor VUB
Former Vice president and Treasurer of the
Solvay Institutes
Eric Boyer de la Giroday
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors
ING Belgium sa/nv
Philippe Busquin
Minister of State
Former European Commissioner for Research
Eric De Keuleneer
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ULB
Daniel Janssen
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Solvay S.A.
Jean-Louis Vanherweghem
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ULB
Lode Wyns
Emeritus Professor VUB
Former Vice-rector for Research VUB
Former Deputy Director for Chemistry of the Solvay Institutes
Guests
Anne De Wit
Professor ULB
Scientific Secretary of the International Committee for Chemistry
Gert Desmet
Professor ULB
Deputy Director for Chemistry
Marc Henneaux
Professor ULB
Director
Franklin Lambert
Emeritus Professor VUB
Alexandre Sevrin
Professor VUB
Deputy Director for Physics and Scientific Secretary of the International Committee for Physics
Karel Velle
Secretary of the Royal Flemish Academy for Science and the Arts of Belgium
Didier Viviers
Secretary of the Royal Academy for Science and the Arts of Belgium
Presidents and Directors
Ernest Solvay, his son Armand Solvay and his grand-son Ernest-John Solvay successively presided over the destiny of the International Solvay Institutes until 1958. In 1958, the Institutes were restructured with the creation of the positions of "President" and "Director".
Presidents
1958-2010: Jacques Solvay
2010-present: Jean-Marie Solvay
Directors
1958-2003: Ilya Prigogine (Professor ULB, 1977 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)
2003: André Jaumotte (Honorary Rector and Honorary President ULB)
2004-present: Marc Henneaux (Professor ULB)