Willy Vandenbrande is the founder and President of QS Consult, a European consulting agency that assists organizations in various aspects of Quality Management. His client list as a consultant includes a wide variety of manufacturing companies as well as service and non-profit organizations. He has delivered presentations at many international conferences and has written numerous articles on Quality Management. He is retired since January 2022 but has recently started a new organization “Quality For Nature”. The objective is to publish and speak on quality and sustainability. Any profit generated will go to projects supporting ecosystem restoration.

Willy holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering Metallurgy and a Masters Degree in Total Quality Management. He holds a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Willy is an ASQ Fellow and an Academician to the International Academy for Quality (IAQ). He is the chair of the Quality in Planet Earth Concerns Think Tank of IAQ.

Mr. Vandenbrande is the recipient of the 2019 Jack E. Lancaster Medal (ASQ) for outstanding leadership in promoting quality worldwide.

Recent international presentations 2023 - "Quality Methodologies the Drive Sustainability Performance Maturity" ASQE - Executive roundtable keynote speech

2023 - "Restoring the Triple P Model though Quality" 77th WCQI 2023 Philadelphia

2022 - "A Man and his Dog: on the Future of Quality" - keynote speech at the VCK Quality Day

2022 - "Holistic Quality: from Management to Care" - ASQE - Executive roundtable keynote speech

2022 - "Not to be Forgotten: Quality 0.0" - 76th WCQI 2022 Anaheim