Steering committee

Chair

Elected as Chair at the AGM of March 13, 2026.

Vice Chair

NTAB member since 1997
Committee member since 2001
UK Trip organizer 2005-2019

Retired, journalist, editor, author.
Volunteer Anglican lay chaplain, St. Luc’s Hospital, WSL

Interests include travel, singing with choirs that will accept me, dog-walking a hound that tries to rule my life, and attempting to keep the weeds down in my garden.

Secretary

Leo Nollet, born in 1948, Ph. D. in Sciences in 1978, retired in 2011.
Was a prof. Biochemistry and Microbiology at Hogeschool Gent.
Still active as editor of books on analysis of foodstuff and environmental parameters. Spents his spare time to his 5 grandchildren and many social activities.
Lives in the beautiful medieval city of Gent.

Treasurer

Treasurer since July 2024

Event Coordinator

NTAB member since February 2015
Committee member since May 2016

Born in Mechelen in 1951.
Studied law and European law at the Free University of Brussels and the College of Europe.
Fulfilled various senior management and other assignments within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Retired since Sept 2015
Living in Sint-Genesius-Rode, at the edge of the beautiful Zoniënwoud.

Special interests: travelling, hiking, protection of nature, gardening and wide range of social & cultural activities.

Membership secretary

Life member of the National Trust of Scotland since 1975.
Joined the NTAB in 2011, took over from Nick Fern as treasurer in 2015.
Born in London, but moved back to Scotland almost immediately.

BA joint honours Philosophy and Economics from the LSE (London University).
CA (member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland).
Worked in Edinburgh, Milan and London – met Dutch husband in Milan.

Since marriage, lived in London, Netherlands and Belgium (since 1989).
2 children.

Webmaster

Member of the National Trust since 1975;
Founding committee member of NTAB in 1997;
Programme coordinator 1998 – 2005;
Treasurer 2003-2005
Chairman 2005 - 2015
Newsletter editor 2008 - 2012
Webmaster 2015 - now

Born & raised in the 'Kempen', north of Antwerp.
MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of Ghent.
Various national and international management functions in the pharmaceutical industry.
Retired since 2010.
Happy to live near Ghent, one of Europe's most authentic historic cities.
Interests: Photography - Classical music - Travel - Gardening.

Committee member

NTAB member and committee member since 2015.
Past-Chair 2016-2026

Committee member

Member of the NT for > 25 years.
Joined NTAB in the founding year 1997.
Committee member since May 2015

Worked as a chemist in the laboratory of a leading Belgian waterworks company. Retired since 2006.

Other interests: Active in the local history association of my hometown Kampenhout. Gardening and enjoying the presence of our two grandsons.

Committee member