Bart Dewandeleer obtained a Master in Commercial Engineering at the Catholic University in Leuven. In 2006, he joined the department of Finance of the Flemish Region as budgetary advisor. When Kris Peeters, Minister-president of the Government of Flanders, took office in 2008, he asked Bart to become Councillor Budgetary and Fiscal Affairs. In the same year Bart obtained a Master in Public Management at the University of Leuven. In 2009,Mr Dewandeleer became president of the Interregional Political Coordination Platform (IPCP) for road pricing. Mr Dewandeleer has since been appointed Vice President of Viapass, the road charging project of Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.