Frank Meysman

François Louis Virginie Meysman (born 6 April 1952) is a businessman best known for being the Chairman of Thomas Cook Group at the time of its collapse.

Early life[]

He was born in Brussels, Belgium.^[1] He trained at the in Brussels. He also has a degree from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School which is part of Ghent University.

Career[]

From 1977 to 1986 he worked for Procter & Gamble. From 1986 to 1990 he worked for Douwe Egberts, the Dutch coffee brand,^[2] as deputy Marketing Director, later becoming its Marketing Director.

From 17 May 2006 until 9 November 2011 he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch engineering consultancy Grontmij. From 2003–5 he was the Chief Executive of the (Raad voor de Reclame – the Belgian Advertising Standards Board). From 1 October 2007 he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch company Corporate Express. He was also a Director of the private equity company GIMV (Gewestelijke Investerings Maatschappij voor Vlaanderen), the magazine publisher Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen (VNU), and the textile company Picanol since 18 April 2005.

Thomas Cook[]

He took over as Chairman of Thomas Cook Group on 1 December 2011. He had been chairman Designate since 1 October 2011.

In an interview for The Report on BBC Radio 4 on 9 February 2012 he said that company executives should lose their pay if the company underperforms, by performance targets. He said that shareholders were the wrong people to control company pay.^[3]

Personal life[]

He lives in Merchtem in Flemish Brabant. He is a supporter of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD & V) party.

References[]

External links[]

• Thomas Cook