PROFILE

Michaël Van Droogenbroeck completed his secondary education in Brussels and studied sociology at the KU Leuven.
Shortly after his studies, he was affiliated with the Catholic University of Brussels as a scientific assistant.
Since 2005, he has worked as a journalist and reporter for the television news service of the public broadcaster.
His first assignment was to rework foreign news reports from news agencies. He then worked for the editors of 'Terzake' for several years.
In 2007 he switched to the editorial board of 'Het Journaal', where he was involved in political reporting.
Since 2010 (due to the transfer of Paul D'Hoore to VTM and following the European sovereign debt crisis) he has specialized in financial and economic news.
In October 2010 he published the book 'Kan De Wever wat Yvs Leterme niet kan?'  ('Can De Wever do what Leterme can't?'), in response to the difficult government formation in Belgium after the elections of June 2010.
Since September 8, 2013, he alternates with Steven Rombaut presenting a weekly closing economic section in the program The Free Market.