IN THE SPOTLIGHT
THE SECOND WAVE OF CHAIR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026 EDITION OF THE KULMUN CONFERENCE ARE NOW CLOSED
Meet our Governing Board
The Governing Board consists of dedicated KULMUN alumni who stay engaged with the association's workings. The Governing Board members safeguard KULMUN's long term vision and they support the functioning of the Executive Board wherever they can. Find out more about our current Governing Board here.
President & Legal
Koen Kockx
Email: koen.kockx@kulmun.be
Koen, is a legal advisor in public procurement for the finance department of the Belgian federal government. He joined KULMUN in 2021 after feeling the need to further develop himself and due to his interest in international issues.
During his time at KULMUN, he has attended 14 conferences where he occupied different roles as a delegate, chair, and organizer. He names as his biggest achievements his time as a vice conference manager, serving as secretary general at BIMUN, and winning the award for best advocate in the ICJ committee at the EuroMUN.
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Having served as vice president and vice conference manager in previous years, Koen decided to join our Governing Boards in order to ensure that members and the executive board have fun and learn the same way he did. In the Governing Board, he is focused on issues like data protection and is looking forward to helping the Executive Board with their organizational style.
Secretary & Alumni
Wendy Dewit
Email: eva.ritosilva@kulmun.be
Born and raised in Leuven, Wendy will be serving as our X. She is now an AI & Data Consultant in the financial industry following her studies in statistics and data at KU Leuven. With Chinese roots, Wendy spent her summers in Shanghai and eventually studied at Beijing University.
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With a long list of accolades, Wendy has attended almost 20 conferences, many of them marked with delegate awards, acting as chair, and, at PragueMUN, serving as Deputy Secretary-General. She, however, insists that the best achievement has been seeing KULMUN improve since the time she joined.
Since 2018, Wendy has worn many hats in KULMUN, from member to secretary and from president to conference manager. She has been on the Governing Board since 2023, focusing on strategic planning and KULMUN’s long-term vision.
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Through the years spent in KULMUN, her love for the association and the people that helped build what it is today never ceased to grow. Going into her last mandate year, she is excited to transfer the know-how of KULMUN to the new generation of the Governing Board.
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Secretary & Lustrum
Elena-Mari Dorna
Email: elena-mari.dorna@kulmun.be
Elena-Mari’s story with KULMUN started in 2021 in her first year of studies at the university. Our half-Belgian, half-German currently studies Spanish and English Linguistics and Literature.
Fascinated by linguistics, literature, and, of course, debating, her passion has allowed her to experience KULMUN in immeasurable ways. Winner at Harvard WorldMUN, she not only served as SG but also as our former Partnerships Manager.
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KULMUN has become an important part of her life, and though her days as an active member have come to an end, she still wants to engage in the association. Now part of our Governing Board, she looks forward to continuing to strengthen relations with our current partners.
Fundraiser
Andreas Simons
Email: andreas.simons@kulmun.be
Andreas has been a dedicated member of the KULMUN family since 2020. Coming from theoretical physics and AI, it is still quite unclear how he ended up serving on the Executive and now Governing Board of an association dealing with international politics and debate. Regardless, he cares deeply about providing an international and diverse environment in which young people can hone their soft skills and learn to overcome their differences through diplomacy.
As Finance Director, he focuses on fundraising and reaching out to long-term sponsors to persuade them into supporting the KULMUN project and our Financial Support Program. He does this so that we can keep hosting our international student conference and maintain our day-to-day activities as an association, as well as provide equal opportunities to all students, regardless of their background.
Hailing from the Limburgish countryside, Andreas enjoys hiking, brewing strong coffee, and listening to the Kurt Darren remix of Kaptein. Andreas is always happy to assist anyone interested in our association or anyone with sponsor-related inquiries.
Treasurer
Fausto Zeevaert
Email: fausto.zeevaert@kulmun.be
Fausto is a history student born and raised in the lovely province of Limburg. He had an interest in international politics and diplomacy since high school. After five years of being a KULMUN member and two years as the Executive Board treasurer, he joined the Governing Board of the association.
Through the Governing Board mandate, he wants to keep on contributing to the organization in the long term, mainly through his experience in finances.
Fausto is a big fan of historical crisis committees due to his background as a history student. Aside from KULMUN, Fausto is a big fan of Age of Empires 2 and strategy games in general, as well as a good session of Dungeons and Dragons. He also is a self-proclaimed (and no one can stop him from doing so) beer expert.
Strategy & Alumni
Eva Rito
Email: eva.ritosilva@kulmun.be
Eva is currently an EU Affairs Consultant focused on financial services, she is originally from Lisbon but has lived in Belgium since 2021. She first moved to Leuven to get her master's degree in European Studies at KU Leuven.
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In 2021 she joined KULMUN, where she later joined the executive board as partnerships manager, where she focused on the creation and deepening of KULMUN’s ties locally and internationally.
Now in the Governing Board, where she has had multiple roles, she is focused on the maintenance of KULMUN’s strategic vision and direction through the KULMUN Action Planner.
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EB-GB Relations & Strategy
Jasper Kochuyt
Email: jasper.kochuyt@kulmun.be
A Belgian born in Lebanon that lived in the UAE and Bulgaria, Jasper recently graduated with his master's in Business Economics. His story with KULMUN started in 2022, and since then it has been an ongoing learning experience full of adventures.
He speaks Dutch, French, English, and German; his multifaceted nature can also be seen in his hobbies, as he likes to run, read, spend time with friends, and restore vintage fountain pens. In KULMUN he was once our conference manager, successfully organizing our esteemed conference’s 15th edition.
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He was initially drawn to the Governing Board as a means to continue his engagement in the association and to guide KULMUN in the long term while building its longevity with the elaboration of internal processes and strategy.