
Bold Woman Award Belgium 2023
This October, for the third year running, the Maison Veuve Clicquot will be presenting the Bold Woman Award and the Bold Future Award Belgium. Awards to reward boldness, encourage and inspire new generations of women entrepreneurs to dare.
NOMINEES FOR THE BOLD WOMAN AWARD
Discover the three finalists for the Bold Woman Award below.
BÉATRICE DE MAHIEU - CEO of BeCode
Since the beginning of her career, in 1999, Béatrice de Mahieu has worked for major telecom, technology and media companies (Telenet, Microsoft ...). She helped them implement growth strategies and digital transformation implementation. Béatrice de Mahieu is very committed to digital inclusion and regularly puts her supports initiatives on this theme, in particular within the King Baudouin Foundation.
Today, she is CEO of BeCode, a school with social impact that teaches technical and digital skills.
Béatrice DE MAHIEU
STÉPHANIE RENIERS - CEO and Co-Founder of Gentis Recruitment
For more than 15 years, Stéphanie Reniers has focused on recruitment and consulting through Gentis, a company she co-founded in 2011. The company has offices on 4 continents and can count on a thriving team of 500 employees with 40 nationalities.
Stéphanie is tirelessly committed to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all. Values she relentlessly defends, whether for candidates or Gentis employees themselves.
Stéphanie RENIERS
MARION SCHOUTTETEN – Founder of Orta
Marion Schoutteten (33) grew up in Roubaix, the epicenter of the French textile industry. At the beginning of her career, she decided to move to New York and later to London – two environment of creativity where all kinds of styles merged. The seeds of her urge for exploration and her fondness for fashion was laid there. She later moved to Brussels, where she noticed a void in the fashion world. She missed not only the digital side, but also the ethical side. However, that is the obvious path to the future.
That crucial insight inspired her to found the brand Orta a unique, ethical and affordable fashion, made in Europe.
Marion SCHOUTTETEN
NOMINEES FOR THE BOLD WOMAN AWARD
Discover the three finalists for the Bold Future Award below.
AMANDINE DE PAEPE – Founder of Insentials
Nutrition scientist Amandine de Paepe founded Insentials out of necessity. After studying biomedical sciences, she specialized in nutrition. For years she worked in the pharmaceutical sector, but she found the holistic approach too little there. In 2021, she launched Insentials, a digital platform based on science that offers women personalized vitamin and nutrition schedules and tailored advice offers. Insentials' mission: to help all women live a healthy life by making sure their deficiencies in nutrient deficiencies.
Amandine DE PAEPE
DR AUDREY-FLORE NGOMSIK – CEO & Co-Founder of Trianon Scientific Communication
Dr. Audrey-Flore Ngomsik holds a doctorate in physical and analytical chemistry, and lectures. She has been awarded several times as a leader. She is today CEO and co-founder of Trianon Scientific Communication, a management consulting firm that helps the largest emitters of CO2 reconcile sustainability and profitability.
Dr. Audrey-Flore Ngomsik believes in the importance of a global vision for sustainable development. She is convinced that to address today’s challenges of today.
DR Audrey-Flore NGOMSIK
JASNA ROKEGEM – Founder of Jasna Rok Lab
Innovative and passionate designer Jasna Rokegem (born in 1992) is a true pioneer. She is a revolution in the fashion world thanks to her unique approach that combines fashion, technology and emotional intelligence. As the founder of Jasna Rok Lab, the first Fashion Tech design lab in Belgium, she fuses cutting-edge technology with interactive fashion. To this end, she collaborates with global technology giants such as Nokia Bell Labs, Fujitsu, Volkswagen and NASA.
Her groundbreaking work has already numerous awards. She is tirelessly committed to innovation and wants the world to move toward of a more sustainable, harmonious and emotionally connected future.
Jasna ROKEGEM

Muriel Bernard - CEO eFarmz
Florence Derck & Diane Van impe - Founders Demain Art
Béa Ercolini - Founder & CEO Beabee Business Club
Pierre Gurdjian - President of the Board of Directors of the ULB
Pierre Hermant - CEO finance&invest.brussels
Carole Lamarque - Member of the Board - Port of Antwerp CEO & Founding Partner DUVAL UNION innovative marketing
Amélie Matton - CEO Ecosteryl
Chloé Stefani - General Manager Moët Hennessy Belux
Martine Van Den Poel - Executive Leadership Coach
Pauline Van Ostaeyen - Co-fondatrice de Dockflow