Luc De Leersnyder, Benedict de Meulemeester and Jens LievensE&C was founded in 2005 in Belgium by Benedict De Meulemeester and Luc De Leersnyder who had captured the need for a high quality consultancy helping industrial companies buying large quantities of energy.
The prelude of a new chapter
They came across Patrick Debusseré, an established entrepreneur. He believed in the business idea and supported the start-up with his resources and knowhow. While Luc was conquering the region with his sales pitch from the Belgian headquarter, Benedict took on the operational side of the business. Kobe Cannaerts, the first consultant to join the team after Benedict, joined as a fourth shareholder. In 2014, Kobe moved overseas to start up E&C’s US activities from the Belcham offices in New York. This trans-Atlantic expansion was a key step in E&C’s development towards global consultancy. This was also earmarked during E&C’s successful Trans Atlantic Energy conferences that brought together global energy buyers on both sides of the Atlantic.
With record growth in 2018, it became clear that E&C is ready for a new chapter. Benedict De Meulemeester, will be teaming up with Jens Lievens, currently international business developer. This duo knowing all the ins and outs of E&C, is ready to realize their ambitious scale-up plans. As the energy transition pushes more and more companies towards realizing ambitious renewable energy targets, E&C sees a growing need for its services.
Only one of the previous shareholders, Luc De Leersnyder, will remain active in the company as a commercial point of contact.
