Eddy Declercq has received two Masters from the Free University Brussels, Belgium in Communications Science (1988) and Industrial Location and Development (1992). In 1997 he received his PhD in Business Management from La Salle University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He has worked in a variety of positions as a special advisor to the Belgian Government, the European Commission, the European Dredging Association and other organisations. He is presently Managing Director of Strategic and Economic Research Corporation (STRATECO), Director of the Centre for Intermodal Research (CIR), both in Belgium, and Senior Advisor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in The Netherlands.