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Dirk Leonard Alain Collier (°Antwerp, 16 February 1956) is a Belgian lawyer, businessman and writer.

Career

After high school (Latin & Science) at the Antwerp OLVC Jesuit College, he went to Law School at the University of Antwerp and obtained an Executive MBA at the same university. After three years of law practice at the Brussels Bar, he joined Janssen Pharmaceutica (Johnson & Johnson), first as a Company Lawyer, then Corporate Secretary, then Board Member – Secretary General and member of the ExCom. In 2016, he took early retirement from Johnson & Johnson. He is member or honorary member of several Boards of Directors, including the Belgian Federation of the Chemical Industry, the Flemish Employers' Association (Voka), and the King Baudouin Foundation. He is Chairman of the Xerius Group, Vice Chairman of WorxInvest NV and Board Member of SD Worx NV.

He has authored several books and articles, predominantly on history, law and philosophy.

In 2011, he published The Emperor's Writings, Memories of Akbar the Great^[1]; revised edition Akbar's Farewell, Letters from a Father (December 2024),^[2] a historical novel on the life of the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. The book was translated in Dutch (Afscheid van de keizer,^[3]^{[circular reference]} Lannoo, Tielt, 2011) and Turkish (Ekber Ȿah,^[4] Kaknüs, Istanbul, 2019).

In December 2013, he published the essay Paths to Peace: Religion, Ethics & Tolerance in a Globalising World,^[5] with a Foreword by Herman Van Rompuy, Honorary President of the European Council (Vakils, Mumbai).

In 2016, he published The Great Mughals and Their India,^[6] a non-fiction history of the Mughal Dynasty.

References

^ The Emperor's Writings, Amaryllis, 2011, ISBN 8191067366
^ The Emperor's Writings, Amaryllis, 2024, ISBN 978-9355438034
^ "Afscheid van de keizer".
^ "Ekber Şah (1543–1605)".
^ Paths to Peace: Religion, Ethics & Tolerance in a Globalising World, Vakils, Feffer & Simons, 2014, ISBN 978-8184620757
^ The Great Mughals and Their India, Hay House India, 2016, ISBN 978-9385827617

[1] The Emperor's Writings, Amaryllis, 2011, ISBN 8191067366

[2] The Emperor's Writings, Amaryllis, 2024, ISBN 978-9355438034

[3] "Afscheid van de keizer".

[4] "Ekber Şah (1543–1605)".

[5] Paths to Peace: Religion, Ethics & Tolerance in a Globalising World, Vakils, Feffer & Simons, 2014, ISBN 978-8184620757

[6] The Great Mughals and Their India, Hay House India, 2016, ISBN 978-9385827617

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