Erik De Smedt is director of In Society sprl, an independent consultancy firm specialized in Corporate Social Responsability and Sustainable Development.
Before setting up his own consultancy business in 2000, Erik worked two years on special projects for Ethibel (Vigeo), an independent sustainability research organisation. He has been director of audit of Bacob bank in Brussels . After the merger with Paribas Belgique he became director of organization of Artesia bank (now Dexia).
He advises major companies on their CSR approach, CSR-management and on their reporting methodology. He coaches projects on stakeholder dialogue and on social standards. He teaches and gives readings on CSR, risk management, audit and corporate governance at various occasions. He has been guest lecturer at the University of Antwerp and at the MBA of Maastricht University. He works for clients in the private and the social economy sectors, for government services as well as for NGOs.
Erik holds a degree in economics from the University of Louvain, Belgium. He was born in 1954, is married and has 3 children.
