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Wouter De Maeseneire

Prof Wouter De Maeseneire 
Professor of Corporate Finance at Vlerick Business School

A passionate and experienced teacher, Wouter thoroughly enjoys explaining financial management principles by linking finance to business models and corporate strategies. His classes are often centred around self-developed cases that discuss the ABInbev deal, Walmart’s financial statements, Dell’s working capital management, Facebook’s IPO debacle, and Apple’s cash position.
Filip Roodhooft

Prof Filip Roodhooft
Professor of Accounting at Vlerick Business School

Filip’s teaching is focused primarily on the finance function as a business partner for an organisation. He also shows non-financial managers the relevance of accounting information for decision-making and strategy execution.
Kristof Stouthuysen

Prof Kristof Stouthuysen
Professor of Management Control at Vlerick Business School

Kristof's research, executive program teaching, and consulting focus on the latest techniques for using performance measurement and control systems to implement strategy. The goal is to motivate managers and decision-makers to restructure around delivering superior service and/or product outcomes at significantly lower total cost. Another current project of Kristof considers the role of Big Data to help corporations make better financial decisions.
Sophie Manigart

Prof Sophie Manigart
Professor of Corporate Finance at Vlerick Business School

Sophie Manigart turns theory into practice in the blink of an eye. She specialises in entrepreneurial finance, business angels, venture capital, MBOs, private equity and corporate finance.

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