Outposted

'Outposted' chronicles Versavel's international journey, starting as a banker in Belgium and spanning critical global events: South Korea's rise amidst North Korean threats, Indonesia's turmoil during Suharto's fall, China's complex opening, Ukraine's Euromaidan, Mongolia's poverty paradox, and Sri Lanka's 2022 economic collapse.

Erik Versavel is a Belgian national, holding a Master of Law diploma of the University of Antwerp, and a director's diploma of the Singapore Management University. He has been a senior international banker for four decades and lived with his small family in London, Seoul, Jakarta, Shanghai, Kyiv, Ulaanbaatar, and Colombo. He travelled extensively across Asia and Europe and prefers eating with chopsticks and spoons rather than with fork and knife. He became a Knight in the Order of the Crown of the Kingdom of Belgium in 2009 for his contribution to international trade and industry, for chairing chambers of commerce and representing his country and Flemish region with flair and enthusiasm. In 2019 he was appointed as Honorary Consul for Belgium to Mongolia.