Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for the management of the Belgian Cancer Registry (BCR) and is authorised to take all necessary or useful actions to achieve the association’s goal. This includes monitoring strategic management, and controlling management and operational management policy. 

The Board includes representatives of:
• the Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health;
• the Communities or the Common Community Commission;
• the insurance institutions.

The Board consists of an equal number of members from each language system, and the chairman and vice-chairman belong to different language systems. 

BCR’s Board of Directors consists of:

Representatives of the Ministry for Social Affairs and Public Health
Dr. Karin De Ridder
Stephan Devriese
Dr. Dominique de Valériola (ondervoorzitter)
Anouk Waeytens

Representative of the Ministry of the Flemish Community
Dr. Karin Haustermans 

Representative of the Ministry of the German Community
Guillaume Westenbohm

Representative of the Ministry of the French Community


Representative of the Ministry of the Brussels-Capital Region
Dr. Elise Mendes da Costa

Insurance institutions
Dr. Michiel Callens (voorzitter)
Dr. Alex Peltier
Dr. Carina Bonnewyn 
Dr. Philiep Berkein 
Dr. Ann Ceuppens 
Dr. Danica Zamurovic 
Dr. Hedwig Dubois 
Dr. Astrid Janssens