Wouter Liekens My professional biography in a nut shell As a young man, I expatriated from Belgium, on my own. Not supported by any company. From Belgium to the UK (London), after mission accomplished: to the UAE (Dubai), later to China (Beijing) and finally to the Baltic States (Vilnius). In each expatriate station I stayed about three years. I returned home to Belgium, where I am still based now. However the story has not finished…yet. This Exodus, or shall I call it Odyssey, was not invented by myself, but originated and guided by vacant positions with increasing challenge and responsibility, for which I applied and got the job. Based on my growing experience and knowledge of hotel management disciplines, mainly via competence in F&B , training, people management, quality insurance, industrial work flow scheduling, and hard work in difficult situations, I went also for a specific new objective, each time on a higher level. In the Hilton on Park Lane and in the Royal Garden Hotel (two five star hotels) in London, I was in charge of the Classical French fine dining and later on also of a multicultural kitchen with even Arabic and Asiatic specialties.
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