Geert was born in Belgium, where he started his career as an assistant line manager and line manager for Intership Europe. Later, he moved to Alexandria, Egypt, to become a representative for the same company. After 4 years of looking at pyramids, Geert headed towards Dubai, where he set up the Asian agency network for the North Africa Shipping Co, a local NVOCC focusing on transport to Libya. 3 years later, he joined Triangle Shipping (a division of Barwil) as a branch manager.

Another 2 years later, Geert became business development manager for Barwil Vietnam.  He fell in love with the country, and after a while founded his own freight forwarding company.

In 2015, he joined the Atlas International Network as VP Asia. Today, he still resides in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.