Marc Vandewalle is 54 years old, born in Ieper and based in Genk. He earned a Master in Germanic Phylology and eared a second degree in audio-visual communication. He started his career as lecturer in Literature, later on he became professor in languages and communications and in 1997 he became head of the trade science and business administration department at the Catholic college Limburg. In 2009 Marc became Secretary-general at VLHORA - the Flemish counsil of Colleges. Since 2016 he became general director of the UCLL.

Starting with the academic year 2016-2017, Marc Vandewalle is Vice Chancellor of the University College Leuven-Limburg (UCLL). Previously he has been Secretary General of VLHORA, the Flemish Council of University Colleges. He has been member of the Board of EURASHE for 3 mandates (2010-2016) and has been relected for a 4th 2-year mandate in 2016; he is also a member of the steering committee of UASnet. Before he was head of department of the business department of the Limburg Catholic University College. He held this position for 12 years, during which the educational approach was directed towards professional practice, competence-based learning, team-work and innovation.