After his Masters in Economics, Michel Staelens obtained an Executive MBA at the EDHEC Business School in Roubaix-FR. He started his career as Sales Manager at Voestalpine Sadef NV, where he later took on the position of Commercial Manager. Thanks to his years of commercial experience in a technical product environment, he is the perfect man to achieve sustainable growth with Italmaster Belgium NV, supported by a market-oriented commercial policy in which the customer is central.

Michel Staelens has an important supporting function within the Octopus Capital group. He is an empathetic people manager with expertise in the field of commercial strategic management.