Thomas Blondeel

Thomas is foremost a proud father of two teenage girls he tries to raise with his wife on the Belgian countryside. He holds a Master Management (MSc), a Bachelor in Social work and a Business education certificate in Accounting.

In 2009 he joined SmartCoop, a Belgian cooperative for freelancers, where he worked on different missions before becoming their (international) advocacy officer. In this role he is currently the chair of the International Cooperative Entrepreneurship Think Tank (ICETT), a think-(and do) tank of the International Cooperative Alliance on cooperative entrepreneurship.

In the past he was a board member of Coopkracht, an umbrella organization for Flemish cooperatives and member of the general assembly of the Belgian national council of cooperatives. Since June 2026 he is a board member of Cooperis, the Belgian federation of employment cooperatives.