Born and raised in Belgium, Fanny graduated in Applied Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1994, after which she gathered her first job experience as an external auditor. Three years later, she moved to consultancy (PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, freelance) and started her career in HR. She worked on many international assignments around the globe, covering a wide range of HR topics in different industries, including the public sector. Her HR consultancy career spans almost 15 years, only briefly interrupted by a short assignment in a corporate management development role at Toyota Motor Europe. In 2010, she joined BASF and took up a role as head of recruiting and selection for the second biggest site within the BASF group, in Antwerp. In 2014, she moved to the company headquarters in Germany and became responsible for Talent Resourcing in Europe. Since 2016, Fanny has been head of Talent Management EMEA for BASF and is based in the company´s headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany.