KBC Group: Frederik Vandepitte, CEO KBC Securities succeeds Franky Depickere as CEO Cera-group. Geert Cleuren has been proposed as new CEO KBC Securities.
December 15 2023 - 11:45AM
KBC Group: Frederik Vandepitte, CEO KBC Securities succeeds Franky
Depickere as CEO Cera-group. Geert Cleuren has been proposed as new
CEO KBC Securities.
Frederik Vandepitte, who has been CEO of
KBC Securities since 1 May 2019, will become full-time managing
director and CEO of Cera-group as of 1 February
2024. Frederik follows in the footsteps of Franky
Depickere, who has successfully led the Cera-group since
2006.Until the end of April 2026, Franky Depickere
will remain a part-time managing director and will continue to
fulfill his mandates and assignments in the KBC Group on behalf of
Cera and prepare their transfer.
The Executive Committee of KBC Group NV
has proposed to the Nomination Committee and the Board of Directors
of KBC Securities NV to nominate Mr. Geert
Cleuren as managing director and CEO of KBC
Securities NV and successor of Frederik Vandepitte.
This nomination is subject to approval by
the European Central Bank.
Since 2 July 2018, Frederik Vandepitte was a
member of the executive committee and since 1 May 2019
managing director and CEO of KBC Securities NV.Frederik
Vandepitte (°1974) started his professional career at The Boston
Consulting Group and worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley
from 2002 to 2015, most recently as Managing Director responsible
for the Belgian operations. From 2016 to 2018, he was a member of
the Management Committee of Incofin Investment Management, where he
was responsible for fund development, investor relations and talent
management. He graduated as Commercial Engineer in Managerial
Informatics from KU Leuven and obtained an MBA from Columbia
Business School. After a period of 10 years abroad, in New York,
London and Sydney, he returned to Belgium in 2010.Frederik
Vandepitte is married with 3 children.
Luc, Popelier, CFO KBC Group and Chairman of the
Board of Directors of KBC Securities NV thanks Frederik Vandepitte
for his years of dedication : " As CEO of KBC Securities, Frederik
was the driving force behind the strong growth and undeniable
success of KBC Securities in all aspects of investment banking.
Frederik has not only further strengthened KBC Securities'
leadership in ECM, sales, brokerage and equity research but he has
also ensured that we have become the reference in Belgian business
in advising companies on mergers and acquisitions, financial advice
and business valuations. In recent years, numerous complex
strategic transactions for leading Belgian companies, family
offices and investors have been guided by KBC Securities. Corporate
sustainability is also now highly valued by KBC Securities. I would
like to thank Frederik for his strong leadership, vision,
commercial strength and organizational ability and wish him every
success in his new challenge. I am pleased that in his new position
he will remain strongly connected to the KBC Group".
Luc Popelier also welcomes Geert Cleuren: "With
great joy, I also welcome Geert as the new CEO of KBC Securities.
Geert is a KBC veteran and has a strong track record in corporate
banking. With his strategic insight, in-depth knowledge and
extensive customer network, he will be particularly able to add
value to our corporate customers, ensuring the continued growth of
KBC Securities."
About his appointment as managing director of
Cera Société de Gestion (statutory director of Cera) and Almancora
Société de Gestion (statutory director of KBC Ancora), Frederik
Vandepitte says the following: "I was of course surprised and
honored when I was contacted for this position. The choice was
difficult, especially since I still find my current position, and
especially working with KBC Securities’ customers and teams, very
exciting and challenging. However, the lure was great: the
combination of a financial and a social mission makes the new
challenge extremely exciting. It is therefore with great
enthusiasm that I take up this commitment to Cera, a choice of the
mind as well as the heart, which also brings me back closer to my
roots. At KBC Securities we have already worked very closely with
my successor Geert Cleuren in recent years and Geert knows the
qualities and uniqueness of our staff. He has a strong
profile, extensive network and vast experience and I am confident
that he will provide the necessary continuity and successfully lead
the further development of KBC Securities to offer our customers
the best possible service."
Geert Cleuren (°1979) graduated in 2010 with a
Master's degree in Applied Economics (option accounting) from Ghent
University.He started his career in 2010 at Deloitte as an auditor.
In 2011 he joined KBC Corporate banking, first as a credit analyst,
and from 2012 to 2016 as a relationship manager in the Ghent
corporate branch. Between 2016 and 2018, he was responsible for
KBC's Brabant-West corporate branch and in 2018, as project leader,
he set up the joint venture Soluz.io for the bank. In 2019 he
became Director of Policy in Corporate Banking and since 2021 he
was Director Senior Bankers. Geert is a proud father of 2 sons.
A photo of Frederik Vandepitte and Geert Cleuren
is available from the KBC Group Press Office
(pressofficekbc@kbc.be).
For more information, please contact:
Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate
Communication/Spokesperson, KBC GroupTel + 32 2 429 85 45 -
pressofficekbc@kbc.be
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