The National Bank of Belgium’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 17 May 2021 re-elected Messrs. Marc Leemans and Pieter Timmermans as Regents. Also elected to the post of Regent were: Messrs. Georges Van Keerberghen and Thierry Bodson and Mesdames Géraldine Thiry, Louise Fromont and Helga Coppen.

As a result of these decisions, the National Bank of Belgium’s Council of Regency is now made up of the following members:

• the six members of the Board of Directors:
  • Pierre Wunsch, Governor
  • Steven Vanackere, Vice-Governor
  • Jean Hilgers, Director-Treasurer
  • Vincent Magnée, Director
  • Tom Dechaene, Director
  • Tim Hermans, Director-Secretary

• five Regents appointed on a proposal from the socio-economic partners:
  • Marc Leemans, President of the CSC/ACV
  • Pieter Timmermans, Chief Executive Officer of the FEB/VBO
  • Danny Van Assche, Managing Director of UNIZO
  • Georges Van Keerberghen, Vice-President of the Boerenbond farmers’ union
  • Thierry Bodson, President of the FGTB/ABVV

• nine Regents appointed on a proposal from the Minister of Finance:
  • Claire Tillekaerts, CEO of Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), President of the Council of Regency
  • Eric Mathay, statutory auditor - accountant
  • Mia De Schamphelaere, company director
  • Géraldine Van der Stichele, Senior Vice-President Operations at the STIB/MIVB
  • Véronique Thirion, Competition Prosecutor General at the Belgian Competition Authority
  • Estelle Cantillon, FNRS Research Director at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB)
  • Géraldine Thiry, Lecturer at the ICHEC Brussels Management School
  • Louise Fromont, Lecturer at the ULB
  • Helga Coppen, Deputy General Manager of the SERV