EOQ wants to show them recognition and thank them for their contribution.

A Quality Leader is a Leader in an organization having succeeded in moving the organization to success for the different stakeholders through his leadership and through the change and Quality Processes he has implemented directly through his team.

EOQ is proud to announce the winner for the European Quality Leader Award 2009 Mr Jos Corstjens from Tbp in Belgium



Jos Corstjens is an Industrial Engineer, he has a master in business Administration and is currently a manager in industrialization, Co-engineering, SHEQ at Tbp electronics Belgium NV

On May 1, 2007, Jos was one of the managers who took the factory over from Alcatel-Lucent, this was done together with Dutch partner tbp electronics.
On top of this job, he also is a manager of process engineering and maintenance teams. He introduced lean and 6 sigma. He is also a business development manager of electronics development teams both in the Netherlands and in Belgium. And last but not least he is managing quality in Belgium.

The EOQ President, Mr Viktor Seitschek handed the European Quality Leader Certificate to Mr Corstjens during the Gala Dinner of the EOQ Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia on May 13, 2009.



The European Quality Leader Award is in recognition of the outstanding individuals, who devote their time, energy and knowledge in sharing their beliefs to the benefit of the European Society. “This year, we nominated Jos Corstjens for the award due to his unique experience in Quality and entrepreneurship within SME’s, his ability to implement quality systems with creativity tools and innovative methods which are in line with the EOQ views on the human element making the difference in all Quality actions” commented Mr Viktor Seitschek, EOQ President and member of the jury of the European Quality Leader Award 2009.

The two other finalists are high valuable persons acting in different fields of activity: Mr Ramon Robles from SGS in Spain and Mr Kostas Adamopoulos from TNT in Greece.