Companion Stories

What happens when experienced leaders meet purpose-driven organisations.

Stéphane Leclef at Centre M.I.R.

Stéphane Leclef — Centre M.I.R.

A chemical engineer with an international career takes the presidency of a Belgian organisation that restores bonds between children and parents after family breakdown.

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Roderick van Schreven at Ruud's Rugzak

Roderick van Schreven — Ruud's Rugzak

A supervisory board advisor who has served since the foundation's inception discovers that he gets far more back than he gives.

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Adrienne Axler at Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen

Adrienne Axler — Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen

A former CEO who fled Czechoslovakia in 1968 finds purpose on the board of a Flemish refugee agency — and a personal connection that runs deeper than governance.

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