Field of expertise: Agriculture and rural policy

After completing a Master's degree in Economy at the Université catholique de Louvain in 1993, Benoît Cassart became the Secretary General of Belgium's National Livestock and Meat Trade Federation, representing slaughterhouses and wholesalers active specifically in the production of beef, pork, sheep and horsemeat. In 2002, he became administrator of its European counterpart, the European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECB).

Cassart, a farmer and breeder from the village of Havelange in Belgium, has already ran for the European Parliament in the 2014 and 2019 elections. In 2024, he received over 48.000 personal votes, being elected as an MEP for Mouvement Réformateur alongside Olivier Chastel and Sophie Wilmès.