Chris Stone
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-02-24)24 February 1959
Date of death 24 November 2023(2023-11-24) (aged 64)
Original team(s) St Kilda City
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1978–81 St Kilda 23 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Chris Stone (24 February 1959 – 24 November 2023) was an Australian businessman and Australian rules footballer. He was the husband of former Belgian prime minister Sophie Wilmès.

Early life

Stone was from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia.[1] He played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Business career

After leaving university, Stone began working with the Australian division of Pearl & Dean, a cinema advertising company. He moved to the UK in 1988 and in 1991 became regional sales director of Mills & Allen Outdoor. He transferred to Belgium in 1994 as CEO of Vivendi's Belgian division, comprising Belgoposter Outdoor, Claude Publicité and other media companies. In 1998, Stone joined RMB International as chief operating officer (COO). He bought his own outdoor advertising company, Dewez, in 2001. Since 2012 he has been president of the Belgian branch of Australian Business in Europe (ABIE).[1]

Personal life and death

Stone was married to Sophie Wilmès, the former foreign minister and former prime minister of Belgium.[3]

Chris Stone died from brain cancer on 24 November 2023, at the age of 64.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "President". Australian Business in Europe. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 853. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Jon (8 December 2019). "Ex-St Kilda player Chris Stone married to Belgium Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Le mari de Sophie Wilmès est décédé". Paris Match (in French). 25 November 2023.
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