Education
• Ph D in Applied Economics, University of Antwerp (UA)
• Master of Business Administration, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL)
• Master Applied Economics, University of Antwerp (UA)
Professional experience
• 2014 – … : Minister of Finance
• 2014– 2014: Member of European Parliament (N-VA)  
Vice-chairman of ECON commission
• 2013 – 2014: Advisor, N-VA
• 2012 – … : Professor Economics, University of Hasselt
• 2010 –  2013: Editor in chief, Trends
• 2011 – 2012: Editor in chief, Knack
• 2007 – 2010: General Manager, VKW
• 1993 – 2008: Advisor, Group VCR
• 2004 – 2007: General Manager, VKW Metena
• 1999 – 2004: Chief Economist, Trends
• 1992 – 1999: Editor in Chief, Trends
• 1991 – 1992: Advisor, BTR
• 1987 – 1991: General Manager, Shoekonfex
• 1982 – 1987: Credit Officer, Bank Brussel Lambert (ING)
• 1978 – 1982: Journalist, Trends  
Publications
English
• A Giant Reborn, (July 2015), Agate Publishing
• The end of the Euro, (2011), Agate Publishing
• Bernanke’s test. Bert Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker (2009), Agata Publishing
• The Chicago School. How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business (2007), Agate Publishing
Dutch
• Red de Vrije Markt, De Terugkeer van Milton Friedman (2012), De Bezige Bij
• Maandag geen economie meer? (2009), Uitgeverij Economedia
• De Euroscheppers. Macht en Manipulatie achter de Euro (2003), Pelckmans