Jean Paul Warmoes

"Jean Paul Warmoes is Executive Director of the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), an American public charity which facilitates thoughtful, effective giving to Europe and Africa.

"Jean Paul joined KBFUS’s parent foundation, the Brussels-based King Baudouin Foundation (KBF), in 1994. He has served as KBF’s Director for International Relations since 2001 and as Secretary to the King Baudouin African Development Prize since 1996. Named after Belgium’s late head of state, KBF is a leading foundation in Europe and a founding partner of the European Foundation Center.

"Prior to joining KBF, Jean Paul was in charge of Business Development for Transtec, a consulting firm specialized in ODA projects. Previously, he worked in Tokyo (Bridgestone Corporation), Sydney (Bull HN Information Systems) and Paris (Embassy of Belgium to France).

"Jean Paul served on the Global Philanthropy Committee of the Council on Foundations, the Steering Committee of ‘United States International Grantmaking’, the Planning Committee for the Council on Foundations’ ‘Philanthropy's Vision: A Leadership Summit’, the Intermediaries Taskforce of Philanthropy New York, and the Advisory Committee of the Conference Board’s Leadership Conference on Global Corporate Citizenship.

"He is a member of the Board of Directors of Universitas, a New York based tax exempt organization that was created on the eve of WWII to safeguard assets of the University of Brussels from being seized by the occupying powers." [1]