Ronny Bruckner

Ronny Bruckner (actually Jaron Bruckner, born March 31, 1957 in Brussels; † August 4, 2013 ) was a Belgian entrepreneur.

Career

Ronny Bruckner got into professional life at the age of 20 years as director of the company Zidav one, which specialized in trade with Romania, Poland and the former Yugoslavia.

In 1981 he founded a group of companies, which is known as the East Bridge today, and was Chairman of the Board. Eastbridge is a Luxembourg private companies with more than 40 subsidiaries in Europe and the U.S. and more than 10,000 employees. The company is a part dedicated to the real estate market (the group is mainly involved in 25 % of the company Texas Real Estate Information SA, a developer who is listed on the Euro Next since September 2010), on the other hand, to leisure, media, fashion and private schools.

In 1994 Ronny Bruckner together with Eastbridge the company Empik, a Polish chain of stores on the multimedia market, which can be compared with the FNAC in France and in May 2009 was one of 134 stores in Poland and 23 stores in Ukraine.

In March 2011, Ronny Bruckner was elected as a non- executive member for a period of 3 years until the annual general meeting of shareholders in 2014 to the Supervisory Board of Ageas. The candidacy of Ronny Bruckner was at the suggestion of Cresida Investments, a shareholder with an interest of at least 1%.

Charitable activities

Poland for Europe

From 1996 to 2000 Ronny Bruckner worked after the founding of the nonprofit organization Poland for Europe as chairman of this association to promote the EU accession of Poland by the development and a better understanding of Polish culture and art in Europe. Honorary Committee of Poland for Europe personalities included such as:

  • Aleksander Kwasniewski as Honorary Chairman ( President of Poland from 1995 to 2005)
  • Jacques Delors ( former President of the European Commission)
  • Felipe González ( ex- Prime Minister of Spain)
  • Wilfried Martens ( former prime minister of Belgium)
  • Mario Soares ( ex- Prime Minister of Portugal)
  • Hans -Dietrich Genscher ( former Foreign Minister of Germany )
  • Stuart Eizenstat (former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union)

After the EU accession of Poland, the association Poland for Europe 2000 was dissolved.

Since the founding of PlaNet Finance in 1998 by Jacques Attali Ronny Bruckner is working as chairman of the board of this international non-profit organization that fights with the development of microfinance on poverty. Honorary Committee of PlaNet Finance personalities include such as:

  • Edouard Balladur (Ex - Prime Minister of France )
  • Muhammad Yunus ( founder of Grameen Bank / Grameen Group and Nobel Peace Prize )
  • Boutros Boutros- Ghali (former UN Secretary-General )
  • Jacques Delors ( former President of the European Commission)
  • Shimon Peres (President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize 1994)
  • Michel Rocard ( ex- Prime Minister of France )

Art

Ronny Bruckner was a member of the Friends Committee of Musica Mundi, a Chamber Music Course and Festival, which has set itself the goal of promoting talented boys and girls aged 10 to 18 years by music courses and the opportunity to offer them to meet with artists who have already made ​​a name in the music world. Musica Mundi organizes international chamber music festivals. Ronny Bruckner was also a member and partner of the " Festival de Musique de Menton " in France, which is organized for the 62nd time.

Aleksander Kwaśniewski Édouard Balladur
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