Ivan De Witte

Ivan De Witte (Moortsele, 1947) is a Belgian entrepreneur and soccer executive. , he is CEO of the Belgian department of the HR company Hudson Benelux. Since 1999, he is also the director of football team AA Gent. Biography Ivan De Witte was born in 1947 in the Moortsele. His parents were the owners of a charcuterie house. Later on, the family moved to Merelbeke. De Witte studied classical studies at the Sint-Lievenscollege in Ghent and got a certificate in business psychology at the Ghent University. Once he finished his studies, he worked a year as an assistant of the university. Since his teens, De Witte has played soccer at the amateur level. Career Entrepreneur and businessman De Witte served on the board of directors of the Ghent steel company Sidmar for ten years, during which he met fellow worker Maarten Morel. In 1982, they left Sidmar and founded De Witte & Morel, a company that was specialised in human resources management. In 1995, the consultancy company was acquired as a subsidiary by Ernst & Young. De Witte remained delegate director in the new organisational structure of the Ghent company. Six years later, De Witte & Morel was sold to TMP Worldwide. In 2003, the company merged with the American group Hudson Highland. Five years later, it changed its name to Hudson Belgium. Since 2008, De Witte has been CEO of Hudson Benelux.