Founder of Crop's NV, Crop's Foods Ltd., Hesbayefrost NV and Messem Holding BV, Michel Delbaere is a Belgian entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies and currently is Chairman at Terenvi SAS, Chairman for Sotraveer (a subsidiary of Terenvi SAS), Co-Managing Director at Crop's Holding NV, Co-Managing Director & Director at Crop's NV (a subsidiary of Crop's Holding NV), Co-Managing Director & Director at Crop's Ready Meals NV, Managing Director at Messem Holding BV, Chairman for Sioen Industries NV and Managing Director at Hesbayefrost NV. Michel Delbaere is also on the board of 14 other companies.

In the past Mr. Delbaere was Principal at Vanden Avenne Vrieshuis NV and Account Manager at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York.

He received a graduate degree from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and a graduate degree from Université Catholique de Louvain.