Baudouin Heuninckx

Deputy Director for Industry, Synergies and Enablers at European Defence Agency

Speaker

Dr. Baudouin Heuninckx is since 2023 the Deputy Director Industry, Synergies & Enablers (ISE) and Head of Unit Industry Strategy & EU Policies at the European Defence Agency (EDA). Before that, he worked for the Belgian Armed Forces for almost 40 years and occupied most recently the posts of Deputy Head of Procurement, Deputy National Armaments Director, and Chief Counsel of the Procurement Division. Earlier in his career, he held a number of management positions within the Belgian Armed Forces, including in-service support manager of its helicopters and of its transport aircraft. He also worked for seven years for OCCAR in the team that launched the A400M programme. For two years, he was Chairman of the inter-federal Public Procurement Commission of the Belgian Prime Minister, where the Belgian public procurement legislation is negotiated. He had an academic career at the University of Nottingham and at the Belgian Royal Military Academy, where he taught public procurement law and management. He has written numerous books and articles on public procurement, in particular in the fields of defence and security. His 2016 book “The Law of Collaborative Defence Procurement in the European Union” and his chapter on defence and security procurement in Professor Sue Arrowsmith’s 2018 book “The Law of Public and Utilities Procurement” are widely considered as references in these fields. He is a Chartered Procurement and Supply Professional (MCIPS).