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Valéry Safarian Chairman

International Account Manager (Gras Savoye-Willis)
Managing Insurance Accountants for international corporate clients, collectivities and International Organisations.

In 2004 he graduated with distinction from a Belgian Insurance Economy School (ISCA Institut Supérieur des Courtiers d’Assurances)  after also being graduated from an other Belgian Flemish School of Economy CVO Anderlecht.

In 2003, he had the honor to receive the price of the Best Student of the Year “Prix CHABRA 2004” delivered by the “Chambres syndicales des producteurs d’Assurances du Brabant”. He has developed an extensive experience in the managing of Insurance plans for "International Representations in Belgium".

2006 – 2007 : Master Marketing Management (Haute Ecole 'Groupe ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis)
2008-Present: Master in Commercial Sciences & Engineer (Haute Ecole 'Francisco Ferrer')

Valéry speaks fluently French, Dutch, English and has good notions of Russian.


Yannick Kalantarian Vice Chairman


Yannick Kalantarian is the CEO of different companies in the advertising, communication, promotionnal, event and internet business. He speaks French and English.


Robert Dejardin Executive Secretary

Teacher and Executive Secretary of the J.A.P.A.N. asbl
Master's in Physical Education
Master's in Oriental Asia Languages & Civilizations
Robert speaks French and English and has a relevant knowledge of Japanese.


Jean-Pierre Bolland Executive Treasurer


Expert-Accountant
Professor of Accounting and tax law to the I.F.P.M.E. Grade School of Brussels.
Jean-Pierre has studied Sociology at the UCL “Université Catholique de Louvain” and also obtained a master in Economy from the ULB “Université Libre de Bruxelles”.


Michel Davoudian Active Member

C.E.O. of Infodis SA, Ozone SA, Active businessmen in Belgium, France and Armenia. Michel speaks fluently French, English and Armenian.


David Lemaire Active Member

Jurist by Education, David is assisting the BACC in the organization of all business missions.


Pierre Safarian Active Member


Director and Owner at Senselight SCRL

Pierre Safarian (Liege, 1962) own family business, which he shares with his brother, ventured  into Vietnam as long as ten years ago. The persistent presence in Vietnam of Grand Place Chocolate resulted two years ago in the set up of an own manufacturing plant. Pierre is  co-founder of Belcham “The Belgian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam”. Recently returned to Brussels is now assisting the BACC project with all his experiences and knowledge. Pierre speaks fluently French and English.



André Safarian Active Member


Director and Owner at Senselight SCRL

Insurance Account Manager for Verac NV. He is a Senior Partner in a Belgian Insurance Broker Office. His clients are primarily Air flights Groups, telecommunications and IT Companies. Prior to joining is current Company, André worked as Sales Manager for Europ-Assistance Insurance Company, Adviser Leader for the products Liability and Employee Work-Compensations of the Insurance Company Winterthur SA, Marketing Manager for the Insurance Company AGF Belgium and then became Account Manager for solid Belgian Insurance Brokers as Afidif – DV- Verac. André’s educational background includes courses of Marketing Insurance from HEC school, Fucam, B.M.M.A. and many Assuralia diplomas (Union professionnelle des Entreprises d’Assurances Belges). André speaks fluently French, Dutch, English and has a relevant knowledge of German.



Mehr Ghlejyan Helping Member


Mehr is a very active Belgo-Armenian citizen, he has organized lots of cultural events in Belgium. His language skills will help BACC to improve the relations with local Armenians Entrepreneurs. Mher speaks fluently French, Armenian, Russian and Arabic.


Belgian Armenian Chamber of Commerce ASBL/VZW
Rue de Trèves 49 – 1000 Bruxelles BELGIUM
Mr Valéry Safarian safarian.valery@gmail.com
Mr Yannick Kalantarian ykalantarian@gmail.com
Tel : +32 2 233 11 00
Fax : +32 2 230 03 09
Bank Account Number : BNP PARIBAS FORTIS 001-4671330-80