The Foster Rosières team is growing with a strategic addition: Karin Maquet joins the organization as Marketing & Business Development Manager. After advising Foster for two years alongside Louis‑Guy du Bois, she is now ready to realize her vision to strengthen the impact and scope of this Belgian agroecological project.
🎯 Who is Karin Maquet?
Karin is an expert in supporting SMEs, start-ups, and scale-ups, drawing on her experience at Kammco in Brussels. Her achievements include:
- • Advising over 160 entrepreneurs,
- Coaching growth-stage companies and assisting in numerous fundraising rounds,
- accompanied CEOs in their commercial and partnership strategy
Her pragmatic and creative approach is a true asset for building sustainable local partnerships, aligned with Foster’s core values: collaborative development, sustainable craftsmanship, ecological transition, and rural innovation.
🚀 Karin’s Mission at Foster
As the Marketing & Business Development Manager, Karin is entrusted with the challenge;
- Promoting the vision of Louis-Guy du Bois and the Foster ecosystem,
- Building strong and authentic partnerships with agroecology stakeholders and local SMEs,
- Actively contributing to Foster’s growth: expanding the community, promoting events, broadening the network, etc.
She fully embodies Foster Rosières’ ambition to unite ecological commitment with entrepreneurial energy.
🤝 The Importance of Partnerships for Foster Rosières
Local partnerships are at the heart of Foster’s strategy:
- With artisans, growers, and start-ups active on-site,
- Through the revitalization of a historic location—Terfosse Farm—recognized as a Site of Great Biological Interest since 1962,
- By fostering a participatory farm, a space for coworking and rural innovation, fully engaged in ecological and energy transitions (self-sufficiency, zero waste, social solidarity).
Karin will bring her expertise to structure these collaborations: by implementing a partnership marketing and business development strategy, she will contribute both to Foster’s visibility and to the growth of a truly integrated ecosystem.