Sandra De Mey graduated in 1991 as a bachelor in Communications Management (specialties in PR & advertising). Post graduate: port management at the Ghent University Maritime Institute.

She has been working with Ghent Port Company since 1992, where she started her career as a PR assistant (PR department). Not much later, she was appointed head of PR until in 2004 she opted for a new challenge as dry bulk manager and later as an account manager.

Today, as commercial/account manager her focus points are following segments: agri-bulk, liquids, food (non-containerized) and (bio based) chemistry.

She was appointed as Ambassador for Women in Agribusiness, is now part of the board of FEGRA vzw (Belgian agri federation), a board member of Flanders Biobased Valley and also a board member of North Sea Port Promotion Council.

Today she has already been working for more over then 30 years in the port that 3 years ago merged into NORTH SEA PORT, the new cross border port.

PORT IN YOUR BLOOD
“To help my port clients boost their businesses and to find new investments are my daily targets. Know-how, years of experience and people management are some of my useful skills. Connecting people in different languages and cultures is always an interesting challenge.”