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Christel Verhas

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I am a strategic change consultant and interim manager with a track record of helping non-profit organizations navigate transitions and build resilient operations.

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I am a strategic change consultant and interim manager with a track record of helping non-profit organizations navigate transitions and build resilient operations. I specialize in organizational design, process improvement, sustainability strategy, stakeholder mapping and project management, and I offer hands-on interim leadership when needed.

I collaborate across policy, advocacy and research, working with welfare, education and social services networks. I am fluent in multiple languages and comfortable representing organizations in European, national and local settings, building strategic partnerships and communicating complex issues clearly.

  • 28 years' experience
  • Joined February 2026

Languages

  • DutchFluent
  • FrenchAdvanced
  • EnglishAdvanced
  • GermanAdvanced
  • Spanish; CastilianIntermediate

Industry experience

  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Education
  • Professional Services
  • Government
  • Healthcare

Work experience· 9 roles

Strategic sparring partner and change consultant · Navigating your transitionsApr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Freelance consultancy providing strategic guidance, interim management and expertise in organizational design, process improvement, sustainability strategy, stakeholder mapping and project management.

Director ad interim · Pleegzorg Oost-VlaanderenNov 2023 – Feb 2024 · 4 mos

Led Pleegzorg Oost-Vlaanderen during an interim period within the combined services for youth support; approx. 300 staff.

Director of Network of Expertise 'People and Society' · Artevelde HogeschoolAug 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led the Network of Expertise pulling together eight applied social science courses, focusing on welfare, digital assistance, childcare, family support, youth services and social profit coaching; ~350 professionals across four campuses.

General Manager · CAW North-West-FlandersSep 2017 – Aug 2022 · 5 yrs
Director, Family policy and Socio-cultural Services · Gezinsbond VZWJan 2013 – Dec 2016 · 4 yrs
Head of Research and Advocacy · Gezinsbond VZWJun 2007 – Dec 2012 · 5 yrs 7 mos
Senior Policy Officer · Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie-Organisatie (NVAO)Sep 2004 – Jun 2007 · 2 yrs 10 mos
Advisor/Coordinator · Institute for Political Ecology, Belgian Chamber of RepresentativesJan 2000 – Aug 2004 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Education· 5

MSc in Public Sector Management and Administration · Katholieke Universiteit Leuven2001 – 2004
Bachelor of Law (LLB) · Vrije Universiteit Brussel1997 – 1998
PhD Law (Legal History) · Rijksuniversiteit Leiden1992 – 1996
International Politics · Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen1991 – 1992

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