Born 1956; law graduate (Free University of Brussels, 1979); Special Diploma in International Law (Brussels, 1980); Doctor of Laws (1989); Head of the Legal Service of the Société anonyme du canal et des installations maritimes de Bruxelles (1979-84); official of the Commission of the European Communities (Directorate-General for Social Affairs, 1984-88); member of the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988-94); Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1994-2005); Lecturer at the University of Charleroi (international and European social law, 1989-91), at the University of Mons Hainault (European law, 1991-97), at the University of Liège (European civil service law, 1989-91; institutional law of the European Union, 1995-2005; European social law, 2004-05) and, since 2006, at the Free University of Brussels (institutional law of the European Union); numerous publications on the subject of European social law and institutional law of the European Union; Judge at the Civil Service Tribunal from 6 October 2005 to 31 August 2016; President of the Civil Service Tribunal from 7 October 2011 to 31 August 2016