What is the name of the CEO/owner of this brewery:
Brouwerij Huyghe, Melle, Belgium

Hello.

The CEO/owner of the brewery is Alain De Laet.

Contact information:

Alain De Laet, Managing Director
14B Gerardbergesteenweg
9090 MELLE 
OOST-VLAANDEREN
BELGIUM 
Telephone: 32-0-92521501

sources:
Brouwerij Huyghe - Official Site
http://www.delirium.be/Anglais/Histoire/histoire.htm
FMradio.be
"Alain De Laet van brouwerij Huyghe"
http://www.fmradio.be/new/nieuws.php?id=32431
Huyghe
http://home1.dknet.dk/lap/huyghe.htm


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Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by chickenchicken-ga on 22 Sep 2005 19:06 PDT

Thanks, but that's actually not the owner/CEO.  I met the owner/CEO a
few weeks ago, and that picture is not him.  Plus, as you say
yourself, Alain de Laet is the Managing Director, not the owner/CEO.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 22 Sep 2005 19:39 PDT

Was it the man on the right (i.e., Jean De Laet, father of Alain)?
http://www.6minutes.net/images/biere/bi034-2.jpg

Numerous sources (in English, Belgian and French) list Jean and Alain
De Laet as owners (with Alain as the current executive in charge).

For example:
"Today - Jean De Laet and his son, Alain, continue to own and
successfully manage the brewery"
http://glunzbeers.com/pdf/WI_Delirium_Tremens.pdf

I have also consulted Dun & Bradstreet's International Business
Locator available through my local public library.  That resource
(considered a most reputable source) lists Alain De Laet at the top
executive (i.e., "Managing Director").  D&B also indicates that the
family-owned brewery has only 10 employees.

From the 1920 to 1985, Albert Huyghe was the owner/manager of the
brewery.  In 1985, Albert's son-in-law, Jean De Laet, took over. 
Jean's son Alain (grandson of Albert Huyghe) is currently in charge.

Although the picture still doesn't look a lot like the man I met who
called himself the owner/CEO, it could be him if the picture is a bit
out of date.  Very well researched.