Thomas Leysen - KBC Groep Chairman of the Board of Directors

KBC Stock  EUR 69.90  0.62  0.89%   

Chairman

Mr. Thomas Leysen was appointed to serve as NonExecutive Independent Chairman of the Board of Directors of KBC Groep N.V. until May 2020. He was appointed Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. He started his career in the maritime business in Hamburg, London and Tokyo. From 1983 till 1988, he managed the Transcor group, which he built into an international oil and coal trading company with activities in Europe, America and Asia. In 1989, he managed the restructuring of the General Trading Cy, a subsidiary of the Societe Generale de Belgique. He joined Umicore in 1993 as member of the Executive Committee, and successively managed several industrial divisions. He became Executive Vice President of the company in 1998. Between 2000 and November 2008 he was Chief Executive Officer of the group. During this mandate, he transformed the former Union Miniere, a nonferrous company in an international materialstechnology group called Umicore. Chairman of Umicore since 2008. As from October 2011, he became Chairman of the KBC Group. He is also Chairman of the Board of Corelio, Belgiums largest newspaper publishing group member of the Global Advisory Council of Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan member of the Trilateral Commission and of the European Round Table of Industrialists from 2008 until 2011 he was Chairman of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. In the cultural sphere, he is Chairman of the Rubenianum Fund and Chairman of the Heritage Fund of the Fondation Roi Baudouin. He is Vice President of the Vrienden van het Rubenshuis. He holds a Master of Law Degree from the University of Leuven .
Age 58
Phone32 7 835 31 37
Webhttps://www.kbc.com
Leysen holds a Master of Law Degree from Leuven University and an LLB degree from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Company.

KBC Groep Management Efficiency

KBC Groep's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well KBC Groep manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company has accumulated 27.2 B in total debt. Debt can assist KBC Groep until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, KBC Groep's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like KBC Groep NV sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for KBC to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about KBC Groep's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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KBC Group NV, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated bank-insurance services primarily for retail, private banking, small and medium sized enterprises, and mid-cap clients. KBC Group NV was incorporated in 1935 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. KBC Group operates under Banking classification in Belgium and is traded on Brussels Stock Exchange. It employs 34546 people. KBC Groep NV (KBC) is traded on Euronext Brussels in Belgium and employs 34 people.

Management Performance

KBC Groep NV Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the KBC Groep's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: KBC Groep inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of KBC. The board's role is to monitor KBC Groep's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. KBC Groep's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, KBC Groep's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Wim Allegaert, Director of Investor Relations
Piet Vanthemsche, Non-Executive Director
Roger Popelier, CFO Director
Katelijn Callewaert, Non-Executive Director
Luc Popelier, CFO, Managing Director and Executive Director
Ghislaine Kerckhove, Non-Executive Director
Christine Rijsseghem, Member of the Executive Board, Chief Risk Officer
Pavel Kavanek, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Lode Morlion, Non-Executive Director
Johan Thiers, Chief BU
Sonja Becker, Non-Executive Director
Viviane Huybrecht, Gen Communication
Luc Gijsens, Member of the Executive Committee, CEO of Merchant Banking Business Unit
Theodoros Roussis, Non-Executive Director
Erik Luts, Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Innovation Officer
Alain Bostoen, Non-Executive Director
Peter Andronov, Chief Unit
Matthieu Vanhove, Non-Executive Director
Johan Thijs, CEO, Managing Director and Executive Director
Hendrik Scheerlinck, Member of the Executive Committee, CFO, Executive Director
Walter Nonneman, Non-Executive Director
Frank Donck, Non-Executive Director
Marc Wittemans, Non-Executive Director
Marc Ceuster, Non-Executive Director
Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Luc Discry, Non-Executive Director
Daniel Falque, Member of the Executive Committee and CEO of KBC Belgium Business Unit
Franky Depickere, Non-Executive Director
Vladimira Papirnik, Independent Director
David Moucheron, Chief Unit
John Hollows, Member of the Executive Committee, Executive Director, CEO - Czech Republic Business Unit
Phillippe Vlerick, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board
Kurt Baenst, General Manager Investor Relations
Julia Kiraly, Director

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