KBC Group: Changes within the Board of Directors of KBC
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Brussels, 16 December 2016 (8.00 a.m. CET)
Changes within the Board
of Directors of KBC
The Board of Directors of KBC Group decided during its meeting yesterday to
implement a series of changes:
* Luc Discry, who is retiring, will be succeeded by Katelijn Callewaert as
executive director at Cera and KBC Ancora
* Lode Morlion and Ghislaine Van Kerckhove, whose terms of office have come to
an end in the Cera group, will be succeeded on the Boards of Directors of
KBC by Walter Nonneman and Matthieu Vanhove
Ms Callewaert, Mr Nonneman and Mr Vanhove were co-opted as directors at KBC with
effect on 16 December 2016. Their appointment will be submitted for approval at
the General Meeting of 4 May 2017.
Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the KBC Group Board of Directors had this to say on
today's announcement: 'I wish to express my deep gratitude to Ghislaine Van
Kerckhove, Lode Morlion and Luc Discry for their support and commitment to KBC,
as well as for the acuity of their analyses and the wisdom of their advice. At
the same time, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Katelijn Callewaert, Walter
Nonneman and Matthieu Vanhove on board. I am convinced that their broad
experience and knowledge of economic and financial affairs will enable them to
make a significant contribution to the further development of KBC.'
Katelijn Callewaert, who was born in Kortrijk (Belgium) in 1958, holds a
Master's Degree in Law from the University of Ghent and a degree in fiscal
sciences from the Fiscal College of Higher Education (Fiscale Hogeschool) in
Brussels.
Ms Callewaert worked from 1981 until the end of 2014 at PwC Tax Consultants
sccrl-bcvba, where she had been a director since 1991 and Tax Director Global
Compliance Services. She also sat on the TLS (Tax and Legal Services) HR Board
of PwC Tax Consultants, was a member of the Institute of Accountants and Tax
Consultants (IAB-IEC), sat on various IAB-IEC committees and was a member of the
International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the Brabant Association of Fiscal and
Accounting Professions (BAB Brabant). She also lectured at and was a member of
the examination commission of the Fiscal College of Higher Education in
Brussels. At present, she is executive director at Cera and KBC Ancora.
Walter Nonneman, who was born in Kruibeke (Belgium) in 1948, holds a PhD in
Applied Economics (Business Economics) from the University of Antwerp (UFSIA),
where he is Professor Emeritus in Economics. Most of his career was connected
with the University of Antwerp, but he was also active at a number of
universities abroad (including the Harvard Business School and Warwick
University). He is also an external director at Cera and an independent director
at Fluxys Belgium NV.
Mr Nonneman specialises in economic policy, public economics and management in
the public and non-profit sector.
Matthieu Vanhove, who was born in Bruges (Belgium) in 1954, graduated in
chemical and agricultural engineering (bioengineering) from the KU Leuven, where
he also gained a Master's Degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate
diploma in insurance. He started his career in 1979 as an assistant at KU Leuven
(in the Faculty of Business and Economics). He worked as an adviser and auditor
for cooperative companies in the food sector from 1982 until 1989, before
joining CERA Bank, where he worked between 1989 and 1998, first in the Credit
Division and then as Head of Asset/Liability Management.
Mr Vanhove is a director and member of the Management Committee of Cera, an
executive director of BRS Microfinance Coop and chairman of the National Council
of Cooperatives.
For more information, please contact:
Wim Allegaert, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group
Tel.: + 32 2 429 50 51 - E-mail: wim.allegaert(at)kbc.be
Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate Communication/KBC Group
Spokesperson
Tel.: + 32 2 429 85 45 - E-mail: pressofficekbc(at)kbc.be
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