For the position of Treasurer, Ms. Chantel Fouche has professional experience with debtors, creditors, budgets, and following through with administrative tasks related to the role. She has 14 year’s high-level executive administration experience and was a business owner in France for five years. She has contributed to the growth of ADHD Europe and shall continue to offer support to the Executive Board for ADHD Europe’s aims & objectives.
She is a member of the ADHD Awareness and Communications working groups for ADHD Europe. Since 2017, She is the Secretary General of ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium, one of the ADHD advocacy groups for people with ADHD, parents, teachers, and their families in Belgium. They provide support and education for ADHD and many neurodiverse conditions. They are actively involved in advocating for the patient’s voice at the European capital of Europe in Brussels with various awareness and activity events for the dissemination of knowledge about ADHD. She gave her first patient testimonial on World Brain Day (WBD) in 2019 talking about ADHD. They organised WBD in partnership with EFNA, and the European Brain Council. For WBD in 2020, their organisation hosted the event focusing on brain and mental health, with many endorsements from organisations on the European level. She looks forward to working with the Board to help professionalise lobbying for ADHD Europe at European Parliament and within the EU. She is currently actively working on the ADHD and Women project. This project between ADHS (Deutschland) and ADHD, ASC & LD Belgium was awarded a grant by the European Federation of Neurological Associations.
She is a mother of two boys, of which her oldest, was diagnosed in 2007 with ADHD in South Africa where diagnosis, treatment, and educational support knowledge contributes to the advocacy and awareness efforts that are much needed for ADHD in Europe.