Everything starts with a strong team
Ideal mix of expertise and entrepreneurship
Forest Forward, that is a story of teamwork. Our mission? To create social impact for companies through the most diverse nature and forest projects all over Belgium. We do this in such a way that as a company you contribute much more than just on a financial level, but that you also fully experience your commitment together with all stakeholders.
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Dajo Hermans
Co-founder
For many years, Dajo worked as a journalist at Het Nieuwsblad and De Standaard. He subsequently built up expertise in the real estate and communications sector. For the past ten years, he was one of the founding fathers of Bepublic Group, a reputable PR company in our country. There, he noticed that companies are increasingly reflecting on the social role they could potentially play. His passion for nature and entrepreneurship automatically led Dajo towards Forest Forward. "Not just having impact through words, but also through deeds" that's what he is all about.
Frank Missoul
Co-founder
Frank is an avid runner and nature lover. As a licentiate in Physical Education, he started in 2011, the first interim office for sports teachers in Belgium, Amitabha. After selling his first company, he started several new projects such as a co-working place in Bruges ST+Working, a real estate company Rock & Real and a platform for large domains in Europe, OneMoreHectare. He finds his greatest happiness in creating added value for all stakeholders in a project: employees, customers, suppliers and the planet. And that is exactly what he wants to do with Forest Forward!
Dorien Gysens
Sustainability Project Manager
Dorien Gysens graduated as a bio-engineer in forest and nature management at UGent, and can be called a very busy bee. At Forest Forward she can express her enthusiasm, creativity and passion for nature. But Dorien also has entrepreneurship in her blood. As a student, she already ran her own mini-company, helping horse owners make their pastures more ecological. Dorien's mission is obvious: "To help companies build a sustainable world."
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Arnout Cogen
SR Consultant
Arnout studied journalism at the Arteveldehogeschool in Ghent and is a magician with words. During his internship at De Gentenaar he first came into contact with Forest Fwd. At the planting of the very first company forest Arnout was present and immediately did the first press interview. Today he is SR consultant (not Public Relations, but Sustainable Relations) at Forest Forward. Walk the talk and talk the walk, it is certainly a slogan that is right up Arnout's alley.