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 team of the Atlas Logistic Network as VP Asia. Today, he still resides in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he will be operating for Apollo as well.