Dirk van Braeckel, Director of Design for Bentley Motors, has been chosen as the 2007 laureate of Antwerp’s Christoffel Plantin award, which honours Belgian citizens whose cultural, artistic or scientific activities contribute to the country’s prestige abroad.
Past laureates of the award, which was founded in 1968, include world-renowned Belgian academics, doctors, lawyers and engineers, but this is the first time that a representative of the automotive industry has been honoured. Dirk van Braeckel will receive his award on October 8th from the Governor of Antwerp in the city’s Provincial House.
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