Christel is Professor of Finance at ICHEC Brussels Management School. Her research focuses on how finance can serve society. She studies this question through the practices of sustainable finance, impact finance, ESG labels and rating agencies. 

As a committed academic, Christel is a member of the advisory board of Triodos Bank Belgium, the advisory board of KBC AM SRI and KBC Group, the ethics committee of Solifin, the supervisory board of Impact Finance Belgium, the register committee of Forum Ethibel and an auditor of the Belgian 'Towards Sustainability' label.