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Responsible for the licensing of lenders and intermediaries in mortgages and consumer credit (new FSMA competence).

Brussels

Supervision of on-site inspections with financial institutions regarding their compliance with MiFID rules of conduct. Project work includes development of the MiFID 'Cartographie' (reporting by financial institutions regarding MiFID activities) and extension of the rules of conduct to the insurance sector ('AssurMiFID').

Translated or reviewed the subtitles to 1400+ TEDTalks and TEDxTalks. Supporting the volunteer translation community through mentoring and feedback.

Head of Group Payment's Policy Management Unit, a group wide strategic unit covering the business architect, financial reporting and management information functions. Secretary of Group Payment's Management Board.

Supervising five claims handling departments of KBC Insurance, dealing with large (>125.000 EUR) and specialised claims.Coordinating the KBC Corporate Insurance project, preparing the setup of a separate corporate insurance business line as of 1 January 2011.

Aligning and prioritising projects in the Cards departments of the KBC Group (Belgium and Central Europe).

Supervising the back offices (investment fund Net Asset Value calculation and reporting on the one hand, discretionary asset management portfolio reporting on the other hand), middle office (validation, reconciliation, securities database management and stock lending desk) and legal department (approval, registration and legal life of investment products.

Heading the new legal department (approval, registration and legal life of investment products in Belgium, Ireland and Central Europe on the one hand, contracts and legal life of KBC Asset Management on the other hand) of KBC Asset Management as of its incorporation in 2000.

Preparing the legal aspects of the setup of KBC Asset Management as a separate legal entity (approval file for the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission).

Mainly dealing with issues of financial law (setup of asset management companies, listing of companies on the New Market of the Brussels Stock Exchange) and of corporate law (conflicts between shareholders, mergers and acquisition).

Organising and giving training in end user computing (Mac OS, Office suite) mainly for clients in the educational sector and was also involved in the administration of the Apple Education Center Brussels, a dealer focusing on the education segment. Starting in 1992, I combined my job with evening classes in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

I conducted research in Ancient History and assisted in the preparation of scientific publications in this field.

Mba, Financial Services And Insurance

MBA centering on Financial Services and Insurance organised jointly by Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School, HEC Montréal and Institut.

Law

Magna cum laude, Laureate of the René Marcq Prize Specialisation: social and economic law, with an additional advanced course in general.

Diploma, French, German, Italian, English

Summa cum laude in all 4 languages Additionally, I obtained the University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English with Grade A.

M.A., European Studies

Magna cum laude International programme on European law, sociology, economics, history, culture and linguistics, taught in English.

Qualified Secondary School Teacher, Classics

Magna cum laude Theoretical and practical teaching qualification programme, including an internship at a secondary school.

M.A., Classics

Activities and Societies: Klio (Cultural Praeses, Vice-Praeses) University ChoirThorough study of Latin and Greek language and literature.

Classical Humanities (Latin-Greek)