The Speakers
Karel Baert
Febelfin
CEO of Febelfin, Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation (EBF), Board of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO)
Mr. Baert obtained a master's degree in law from the Catholic University of Leuven.
He started his career as a lawyer with Loeff Claeys Verbeke (now Allen & Overy) in Brussels. From 1985 to 1995 he worked at Deutsche Bank where he held various management positions in corporate and retail banking in Belgium and Germany. In 1995 he joined Bpost where he became General Manager Retail, a position he later combined with that of Managing Director of Bpost Bank.
In 2000 he joined the consulting and executive search firm Egon Zehnder. He became a partner in 2006 and specialized in (often international) assignments in the financial and public sector. He worked there from the perspective of talent management in the broadest sense, where he gained a unique view of society and in particular of the financial sector.
In April 2020, he became CEO of Febelfin, the federation of the financial sector in Belgium. In this position, he also holds a seat at, among others, the Board of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO) and the Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation (EBF).
He started his career as a lawyer with Loeff Claeys Verbeke (now Allen & Overy) in Brussels. From 1985 to 1995 he worked at Deutsche Bank where he held various management positions in corporate and retail banking in Belgium and Germany. In 1995 he joined Bpost where he became General Manager Retail, a position he later combined with that of Managing Director of Bpost Bank.
In 2000 he joined the consulting and executive search firm Egon Zehnder. He became a partner in 2006 and specialized in (often international) assignments in the financial and public sector. He worked there from the perspective of talent management in the broadest sense, where he gained a unique view of society and in particular of the financial sector.
In April 2020, he became CEO of Febelfin, the federation of the financial sector in Belgium. In this position, he also holds a seat at, among others, the Board of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO) and the Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation (EBF).
