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CHS Council Members

The Council of CHS is composed of a cross section of the community with representatives from multinational corporations and small businesses, churches, and legal and financial firms. Council members are not paid for their time and expertise, and provide an important link between CHS and the English speaking community in Belgium. They also offer support and guidance to the administrative office team.


Jeremy Jennings – President

Jeremy arrived in Belgium in 1990 and was the Head of the Arthur Andersen office of regulatory affairs. He later joined EY and was their Regulatory & Public Policy leader until his retirement at the end of 2016. He is a former President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Vice-President of COBCOE, the umbrella organisation for all British Chambers in continental Europe. He is also the current president of Professional Accountants in Belgium and a Board member of the Boitsfort Rugby Club. Jeremy joined the Council of CHS in May 2018.

Stephen Mazurkiewicz – Treasurer

Stephen arrived in Belgium in 1986 as a recently qualified accountant planning on spending a few years abroad and then returning to the UK. After 30 years he is still here. During his professional career he has worked for large American corporations in the areas of accounting, audit and systems. Having been involved in the ex-pat sporting community both as a player and treasurer for Royal Brussels British Football Club, Stephen now wants to help in other areas including offering his financial experience to support CHS in the role of Treasurer.

Julie-Anne Stennett – Secretary

Noel Clehane

Noel is a chartered accountant from Ireland and came to Belgium in 2004. Married with three children, he is the Global Head of Public Policy for the professional services organisation, BDO. A former chairman of the European Services Forum and ICAEW Council Member for the EU, Noel joined the CHS Council in early 2024.

Niki Daun

Niki has been in Brussels for 22 years, where she has worked freelance, obtained a degree in psychology, raised two children and worked as a Helpline volunteer at CHS for 5 years. She joined the Board of CHS in May 2016. Niki now works as School secretary and Assistant to Head at ISF Waterloo International School.

Simon Dwyer

Vanessa Goodman

Malcolm Johnson

Malcolm came to Belgium over 40 years ago. After 10 years of teaching he moved into business and International Human Resource Management with a number of large firms, later working internationally as a Consultant in Human Resources. Malcolm’s wife, Françoise, is French and their two sons live in Belgium. It was one son’s struggle with the complications of bilingualism in his early school days that brought the Johnsons to CHS. Malcolm joined the Council as a way to ‘repay’ the support he and his family received from CHS. He has since helped the organisation expand its contacts in the business world, and has represented CHS in the community, seeking sponsorship, and organising fundraising events.

Jonathan Murray

Marta Noordhoek

Patrick Oliver

Michael Penning

In 1967, when the Federation of World Health Foundations was launched in Geneva, Michael made his first experience fund-raising from the private sector to supplement the national contributions to WHO’s regular budget. Also as Secretary to the Fondation Suisse pour la Santé Mondiale, he profited from a valuable insight into the objectives of combatting disease in regions which could not normally benefit from financial assistance. Attracted by an offer from the automotive sector, he moved to Belgium to establish a company importing British products. Unexpectedly, this resulted in his adopting Brussels as home … which led to an encounter with CHS, many years later in 2006, a beneficiary of funds raised at the Tri-4-Life European Challenge. And from there originated a desire to support efforts to assist the English-speaking community.

Chana Schneps

Beverley Warner-Keltjens – Administrative Manager

Beverley leads the team of Office volunteers at CHS. She initially arrived in Brussels many years ago, lived and worked here for about 8 years, and then left to travel with her family, living in different countries, before returning to this city. Keen to make a valuable contribution to the community, she joined CHS, and is glad to have the opportunity to support the organisation’s work.

Helpline Representative to the Council

All Helpline volunteers remain anonymous.