KBC Group: KBC Group changes and expands Executive Committee
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KBC Group changes and expands Executive Committee
With effect from 5 May 2017 (the day after the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders), KBC Group is making a number of changes to its Executive
Committee:
* Luc Gijsens, International Markets Business Unit CEO, who is turning 64 in
2017, has announced his intention to resign after a career of 40 years.
* Luc Popelier, currently KBC Group CFO, will replace Luc Gijsens as CEO of
the International Markets Business Unit.
* Rik Scheerlinck, presently CEO of K&H Bank and Country CEO, Hungary, will
become a member of the Executive Committee and will succeed Luc Popelier as
KBC Group CFO.
* Erik Luts, appointed Chief Innovation Manager in 2016, will become the
seventh member of the Executive Committee in the new position of Chief
Innovation Officer. Besides managing KBC Group's innovation and
digitalisation agenda, he will also head up ICT and the Shared Services
Unit.
* Rik Scheerlinck will be replaced as CEO of K&H Bank and Country CEO,
Hungary, by David Moucheron, the current CEO of CBC Banque in Belgium,
subject to the approval of the Hungarian regulator.
* The appointments of Luc Popelier, Rik Scheerlinck and Erik Luts have been
approved by the European Central Bank and National Bank of Belgium.
* The successor to David Moucheron at CBC Banque will be announced at a later
date. In the interim, David will be replaced by Jean-Pierre Jansen,
Executive Director and Member of the Executive Committee of CBC Banque.
Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KBC Group, commented as
follows on the appointments announced today: 'On behalf of the Board of
Directors of KBC Group, I would like to thank Luc Gijsens for his commitment and
the effort he has put in in the past years - in sometimes difficult
circumstances - to help shape and build our international activities. We are
convinced that Luc Popelier will be a strong successor, who will put his
extensive knowledge and experience to good use. In choosing Rik Scheerlinck, the
Board of Directors has opted for another dynamic CFO with a broad international
experience and excellent track record in the financial industry. Given the many
changes the financial industry is going through and the many challenges our
group needs to respond to astutely and correctly, we have no doubt that Erik
Luts will be a major asset to the Executive Committee.
We further believe that David Moucheron is the right person to continue
developing successfully our business in Hungary.
The Executive Committee has all the knowledge and talent it needs to confidently
head to the future. Our clients, staff, shareholders and all other stakeholders
can be rest assured that our company is in good hands.'
Johan Thijs, KBC Group CEO added the following: 'I have been working closely
with Luc Gijsens in the Executive Committee for several years now. My colleagues
and I are extremely grateful to him for his years of dedication in various
roles, and for his support, unconditional engagement and important contribution
to our group's development. Thanks to his sharp strategic insight, his brilliant
knowledge of business and his excellent leadership qualities, he succeeded in
making the International Markets Business Unit profitable again in difficult
circumstances. We wish Luc the very best on his retirement after 40 years of
active career and hope he makes the most of having some more time for himself
and his family.
I am delighted that Luc Popelier has agreed to take over from Luc Gijsens at the
helm of the International Markets Business Unit. I truly believe that his
extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of economic and financial affairs
will allow him to make a significant contribution to the continued development
of our group in our core markets in Central Europe and Ireland.'
On the recommendation of the KBC Group Nomination Committee, the Board of
Directors of KBC Group has appointed Rik Scheerlinck as a new member of the
Executive Committee and the successor to Luc Popelier as KBC Group CFO. Rik is
currently CEO of K&H Bank and Country CEO, Hungary. He will be replaced by David
Moucheron, presently CEO of CBC Banque in Belgium.
Regarding these nominations Johan Thijs had this to say: 'I am also happy to
welcome Rik Scheerlinck to our Executive Committee. Besides his long
professional and international experience, Rik has a very broad knowledge of our
Central European core markets. Over the past few years, he has steered our
business in Hungary through some very difficult times and made our group there
even more prepared for the challenges that lie ahead. Rik is not only a business
manager, he also has years of experience in finance roles behind him. Thanks to
his experience in the market and deep knowledge of and involvement in the local
market, his successor, David Moucheron, has managed since his appointment as CEO
of CBC Banque to quickly win the trust of CBC's clients, staff and other
stakeholders alike, and thus continue the expansion of CBC Banque in Wallonia. I
am, therefore, delighted that he is going to lead the K&H team.'
David Moucheron's successor at CBC Banque will be announced at a later date.
In addition, the Board of Directors of KBC Group has appointed Erik Luts as the
seventh member of the Executive Committee and Chief Innovation Officer of KBC
Group. Erik Luts is currently Chief Innovation Manager of the group, reporting
directly to Johan Thijs, KBC Group CEO. He combines this role with the position
of Senior General Manager, Direct Channels & Support at the Belgium Business
Unit, where he reports to Daniel Falque, Belgium Business Unit CEO. To stress
the importance of, growing focus on, and enormous investment in innovation and
digital transformation, the Executive Committee has decided to include the new
position of Chief Innovation Officer in the KBC Group Executive Committee. As
Chief Innovation Officer, Erik Luts will prepare and manage the group's
innovation and digital transformation agenda and will also head up ICT and the
Shared Services Unit.
On this appointment, Johan Thijs concluded: 'Innovation and digital
transformation are becoming more and more important. We have invested heavily in
both in recent years and will focus even more on them in the years to come.
Consequently, we have decided to add a new member to the Executive Committee to
take exclusive responsibility for this agenda. Erik has behind him a
comprehensive and international experience, and has proved in recent years his
awareness of and alertness for what is going on and changing in the world around
us. So we are very happy that he has agreed to boost our team.'
Editor's note:
Mr Rik Scheerlinck is a graduate in law from the University of Leuven (Belgium)
and has a degree in economics. He has been working for the Kredietbank/KBC group
since 1984. He started at the International Credit Department in Brussels and
held various positions in the United States (Senior Credit Adviser in the New
York Branch and Regional Manager in Atlanta), Taiwan (Manager of the Kredietbank
Representative Office in Taipei), Germany (General Manager of KBC Bank
Operations) and back to the United States in 1999 as General Manager of KBC
North America. He joined CSOB in the second half of 2006 and was appointed a
member of the Management Board and Chief Financial and Risk Officer there. Since
2010, he has been CEO of K&H Bank, KBC Group's banking subsidiary in Hungary,
and Country CEO, Hungary.
Mr Erik Luts has a Master's Degree in Pedagogy from the University of Leuven
(Belgium). Between 1985 and 1988, he held various positions, including with the
University of Leuven, teaching at a technical college ('Hogeschool') and
working as an after-sales representative for an Apple dealer. He began his
career with the Kredietbank/KBC group in 1988 as Computer Literacy & Self-Study
Training Manager, and was promoted to Payments & E-Banking Product Manager in
1991. At that time he was also made a member of the Management Committee for
Isabel (the main supplier of multi-bank services for business users in Belgium
set up in 1995 on the initiative of four large banks, including the
Kredietbank/KBC). In 1996, he was appointed ICT Manager for the branch network,
then General Manager, ICT Development, and in 2003, General Manager of the ICT
Data Centre. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Member of the Management Committee of
Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB), KBC's banking subsidiary in Slovenia, where he was
responsible for ICT and preparing NLB for the introduction of the euro. He
returned to Belgium in 2006 in the role of General Manager, Training, Education
& Recruitment. He was Senior General Manager, HR, Facility Services & Financial
Reporting at the Belgium Business Unit of the KBC group from 2008 to 2013. He
has been Senior General Manager, Direct Channels & Support at that business unit
since 2013 and was additionally appointed Chief Innovation Manager for the KBC
group in 2016.
Mr David Moucheron graduated with a Master's Degree in Law from the Université
catholique de Louvain in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, in 1996, and obtained a
Master's Degree in Tax Law from the Fiscale Hogeschool/EHSAL in Brussels in
1998 and a Master's Degree in Law from Columbia Law School in New York in 2000.
He began his career as an attorney at the bar in Brussels with de Bandt, van
Hecke & Lagae (now Linklaters) and from 2000 to 2005 worked as a Management
Consultant for McKinsey & Company in Brussels. In 2006, he became Sales Director
and member of the management team of Fortis Retail Banking and was later
appointed Secretary General of the Group Executive Committee and Chief of Staff
of Fortis Group (now BNP Paribas Fortis). He was CEO of bpost bank - a joint
venture of De Post and BNP Paribas Fortis established in 1995 - from 2009 to
2015. He was appointed CEO of CBC Banque in Belgium on 1 December 2015.
Composition of the KBC Group Executive Committee from 5 May 2017
If you would like a photograph of Erik Luts, Rik Scheerlinck or David Moucheron
please e-mail the KBC Group Press Office at pressofficekbc(at)kbc.be. CVs and
photographs of the members of the KBC Group Executive Committee are in the
Corporate Governance section of www.kbc.com.
Contacts
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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