Yves Veulliet

Yves was born in Belgium in 1966. After a motorbike accident in 1987 left him paraplegic when he was still studying to be a teacher in History and French literature, Yves started his professional life as computer administrator in a school in Brussels.

Some years later Yves joined IBM and was permanently appointed in 1997 as Information Officer for IBM Governmental Programs Europe, a corporate function providing a public policy and government relations framework.

In 2005, Yves joined the IBM Europe Middle East Africa Diversity team as Program Manager for Persons with Disabilities. In order to facilitate the inclusion of disabled employees at IBM he manages and seeks ways to improve IBM's existing programs and create new ones as well as identifying existing inhibitors to a successful work experience.