Jan Callewaert

Jan Callewaert (born Wielsbeke, 1956) is a Belgian businessman. He is the general manager of Option N.V.. In 2005, he was voted manager of the year in Belgium. He also was the chairman of football club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Education

He obtained a Master in commercial sciences and a bachelor in philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Career

• 1980 - 1982: assistant at the VLEKHO in Brussels.
• 1982 - 1984: system engineer and later product manager at Bull.
• 1984 - 1986: Ericsson telecommunication.
• Founded Option International in 1986 and starts the production of modems for laptops.

Awards

• 2005: Manager of the year

Bibliography

• Jan Callewaert, Van de hemel naar de hel en weer terug (E: From heaven to hell and back again), Lannoo.

Source

• Lunchcauserie met Jan Callewaert, Option
• Jan Callewaert (Option) is Manager van het Jaar 2005