On Monday February 1st, Michel Gerebtzoff from the Belgium consulate will be speaking to the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs.

Mr. Gerebtzoff was born in Geneva on March 3, 1972, into a family with Russian and French roots. He graduated as a Water and Forestry Engineer from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences in Gembloux, Belgium. He first started a career in the private sector, as a specialist in geographic databases and earth observation systems.

At the age of 30, he passed the diplomatic competition and joined Foreign Affairs, becoming Embassy Secretary in Geneva (WTO and WIPO, from 2005 to 2008) and then in Beijing (2008-2012). After a year at the Directorate General of European Affairs (trade policy department), he returned to China, to Guangzhou , to head the office for the promotion of exports and investments of the Walloon Region (2013- 2016). During that time he was also appointed to the Governing Board of the American International School of Guangzhou.

Upon his return to Brussels, he became an advisor at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union, iq charge of trade, research and space (2016-2017), after which he became Chief of Staff to the Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union (2017-2019).

In 2019 he joined the cabinet of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Goffin (2019-2020). In that capacity, he sat on one of the main pandemic management bodies.

Michel Gerebtzoff took office as Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta on August 1, 2020. He is married and the father of two daughters.

More information about the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Belgium can be found here:
https://unitedstates.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/embassy-and-consulates/consulate-general-atlanta

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