Our team
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Jan Samyn
Jan Samyn
Biography
A natural-born entrepreneur, that is who Jan is. He inspires and steers the SEAUTON group to the world-class division. If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney said it before and Jan is the living proof.
Email address
jan.samyn@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 475 34 31 20
Katleen Bullen
Katleen Bullen
Biography
This immigrant from Antwerp lost her heart to Leuven and to event planning. Katleen is a genuine people-person. She is also extremely committed to and passionate about her job, and knows no peace until her project reaches perfection. When she’s not working, you will probably find her sweating in the fitness, chatting away the evening on a terrace in Leuven or Antwerp or shaking on a sunny festival
Email address
katleen.bullen@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 472 174 403
Lynn Arys
Lynn Arys
Biography
Summer girl, producer of lists, jack-of-all-trades, Project Manager Lynn is a woman of many talents. After working-hours you can find her at the gym, or horse-riding, running or hanging out with her friends. Her planning is always full and so are her to do lists. That’s why she never forgets a thing. At least not with her iPhone notes and photos close at hand …
Valerie van Hamme
Valerie van Hamme
Biography
You were looking for our Accountant Administrator? There’s a good chance you will find her with her horses, at an antiques market - looking for yet another piece of interior decoration - in the woods walking her dogs, or right near James Bond, just opposite SEAUTON’s small meeting room. Unless it’s raining outside, because that’s when she watches British costume dramas on TV.
Email address
valerie.van.hamme@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 472 973 472
Sophie Verreet
Sophie Verreet
Biography
Sophie manages our sales team the way she handles her two cute little sons at home: with tonnes of enthusiasm and lots of humour. She learned the sales trade as inside sales at Spring Global Mail and during her master in business studies. The secret of her perpetually positive mood? Apparently it has something to do with stolen moments … and yoga mats.
Email address
sophie.verreet@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 496 50 01 61
Nathalie Paternoster
Nathalie Paternoster
Biography
Always wanted to know everything about Padel tennis? Nathalie is happy to tell you all about it; in fluent Dutch or in impeccable French, because this lady is perfectly bilingual. She learnt the event management trade at some of the largest hotel chains and pharmaceutical companies. When she’s not working, she enjoys the company of her two daughters or the delicacies her husband brings home.
Email address
nathalie.paternoster@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 496 58 50 45
Inge Samyn
Inge Samyn
Biography
Inge is our leading lady since the very beginning in 1999. She managed projects from Argentina to San Francisco, and under her daily supervision our office in Leuven became a European MICE reference. She’s a shining example of dauntless willpower and pure work pleasure and knows exactly where she’s going. Curious? Then do ask her about her plans for 2020 …
Email address
inge.samyn@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 476 23 63 29
An Lambrechts
An Lambrechts
Biography
She organised car launches in Madrid, Rotterdam and Brussels, incentives to South Africa and Iceland and European Business Summits in Brussels, but An’s hunger for new projects remains insatiable. As a member of the management team, she is a multitasker and a true conceptual and strategic thinker, who will commit herself 100 percent to any complex project, always with a big smile.
Email address
an.lambrechts@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 498 68 20 53
Inge Mekke
Inge Mekke
Biography
Unforeseen circumstances or stressful situations, Inge always keeps her cool and her smile. Managing projects, creating creative concepts and communicating with customers are second nature to her, though from time to time she likes to escape to the woods with her Nordic walking sticks, to clear her head.
Email address
inge.mekke@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 472 17 75 66
Sarah Vanroelen
Sarah Vanroelen
Biography
There is nothing this master in criminology can’t do. Except for singing, or so we’ve heard. When she was still a student she set sail to South Africa to work at a hotel, in Belgium she used to help disabled students who were living independently. Right before she joined our team, she was Meeting Manager at American Express Meetings and Events.
Email address
sarah.vanroelen@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 473 79 13 83
Isabelle Birot
Isabelle Birot
Biography
Soccer, running, cardio, … Isabelle likes a physical challenge and that’s an understatement. Her talent to give herself one-hundred percent, and her knack for planning and organising will make her fit right in at Seauton. To relax from all that hard work, she prefers Harry Potter and a hot coco. Very zen indeed!
Email address
isabelle.birot@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 473 53 68 33
Shanna Emmers
Shanna Emmers
Biography
To discover hidden gems and authentic places, that’s what Shanna’s good at, but she is even better at managing ambitious projects. This master in communication sciences worked as a project manager and a business developer before she joined SEAUTON and her dream is to organise an incentive to Australia for our very own team. Needless to say, she is one of our most favourite colleagues …
An Goethals
An Goethals
Biography
Whether it is with a compliment or a surprise seminar, An (also known as salad woman at the office) simply loves to make us happy. At regular intervals, she offers us brain food and physical relaxation to keep our minds sharp and our team spirit healthy.
Email address
an.goethals@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 486 58 33 42
Janna Vannoten
Janna Vannoten
Biography
Our communications manager was born and raised in Leuven, but if you ask her for hotels in Portland or a trendy restaurant in London, chances are you will end up with a complete list of places to visit. She travelled half the world, from Panama to Australia. At professional fair organisers Artexis and FISA she learned everything about events, press and communication.
Email address
janna.vannoten@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 497 866 552
Stephanie Van den bossche
Stephanie Van den bossche
Biography
Addicted to travel, photography, fashion and tennis, but above all an absolute pro in organising events & large congresses. Her favourite SEAUTON-projects brought her to Beijing, San Francisco and New York, but her big dream is to organise an event in Australia … and to start her own B&B in South Africa.
Email address
stephanie.van.den.bossche@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 479 82 35 24
Michelle Naessens
Michelle Naessens
Biography
This cheery number-freak and self-professed Oreo-lover started as our intern but never left us since. Logic, reason, efficiency and numbers are her cup of tea, and that’s why she is the perfect person to manage our finances and accounting.
Email address
michelle.naessens@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 479 73 70 94
Frederic Vankraenenbroeck
Frederic Vankraenenbroeck
Biography
Always in a good mood, well prepared and ready to lend a sympathetic ear, that’s Frederic as we know him. After a 13-year career in the medical sector – where he worked as a sales and marketing assistant and as an event coordinator – he joined our wonderful team.
Email address
frederic.vankraenenbroeck@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 470 82 04 32
Nele Coulier
Nele Coulier
Biography
Nele has a knack for languages and learnt all the tricks of the event organising trade at LD Organisation, where she managed small and large projects and was responsible for the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry’s association management. She loves to make long seaside walks to recharge her batteries, but books, palm trees, ice creams and hot coco make her equally happy.
Email address
nele.coulier@seauton-international.com
Phone number
0474/49 41 72
Liezelot Crols
Liezelot Crols
Biography
Liezelot loves adventures, singing along and dancing to the radio, acting and cinema. Organising a press launch or movie premiere (preferably in New-Zealand, Argentina or Scotland) are very high on her list. She already has the organisational talent and the film business experience (she started her career with Het Jeugdfilmfestival) and she is ready to develop her other talents at Seauton.
Email address
liezelot.crols@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 472 50 94 31
Katrien Lauwers
Katrien Lauwers
Biography
Katrien has almost 17 years of experience in organising client seminars and webinars, an expertise that will certainly come in handy at Seauton. The same is true for her great attention to detail, her strong determination and her cake baking/chocolate making talent. Bring on those baking experiments, Katrien!
Email address
katrien.lauwers@seauton-international.com
Phone number
+32 474 88 05 13