Michel Delbaere holds a Master’s degree in Law (Catholic University of Leuven, 1975) and a Master’s degree in Economic Sciences (Catholic University of Louvain, 1975).

He started his career as a management trainee and account manager at the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York.

He is the founder and managing director / director of: Crop’s N.V. (Belgium), Hesbayefrost S.A. (Belgium), Monliz S.A. (Portugal and Spain), MDC Foods Ltd (UK), Crop’s & Partners (Serbia), Messem (the Netherlands and Morocco), Agram (Poland), TriNature (France), Tropifrost (Costa Rica), and Onefrozen (USA).

He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sioen Industries and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. He is honorary chairman of Voka (Flemish network of companies). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Smile Invest and Smile Sail.