Philippe De Wouters Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Brussels Area, Belgium

WIth Sandstone, we carry out two separate yet complementary activities:- real estate: we build (or sometimes buy and renew completely) residential buildings in Brussels and surroundings, either for resell or for rent.- private equity: together with a financial partner, we invest in small caps and provide them with business development competences.We are.

Paris And Brussels

• My first mission since 2012 was the set-up of a Finance Department for the Company, newly created by Sopra Group and resulting from the merger of 5 recently acquired entities in France, Belgium, UK and Germany.
• It consisted in aligning the financial practices, adopting unique accounting schemes, building consistent revenue recognition and transfer pricing methods, deploying the Group’s information system, renewing its.
• In parallel, together with Sopra Group’s Legal Department, I was in charge of the simplification of the corporate structure that contained several redundancies as a result of the acquisitions.
• My responsibilities covered the operational accounting (budget, forecasts, controlling, profitability follow-up), the general accounting (statutory accounts, treasury, legal reports, tax returns, project financing).

Brussels Area, Belgium

• From September 2010 on, and mainly in 2011, when C&W’s founders and management team decided to launch the search for new industrial and financial partners, I was part of the 3-members task force in charge of this.
• I worked in close cooperation with JP Morgan, appointed as merchant banker, and the lawyers White & Case. I followed up the due diligences carried out by Boston Consulting Group and Ernst & Young.
• I participated in the discussions and negotiations with the candidates, especially with Sopra Group that acquired C&W in March 2012.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Since 2008 I was CFO and member of the management committee of the Belgian software and services provider Callataÿ & Wouters until its acquisition by Sopra Group. At that point, the turnover reached 80 M€ and the staff.
• When C&W’s founders and management team decided to launch the search for new industrial and financial partners, I was part of the 3-members task force in charge of this approach, with the CEO and the Chairman.
• I worked in close cooperation with JP Morgan, appointed as merchant banker, and the lawyers White & Case. I followed up the due diligences carried out by Boston Consulting Group and Ernst & Young.
• I participated in the discussions and negotiations with the candidates, especially with Sopra Group that acquired C&W in March 2012.

Brussels And International

• I created and developed the Sales department of Callataÿ & Wouters in the Belux home market. I was steering the sales process and I booked many successes, including those of the Record Bank, Argenta, Anhyp, Crédit.
• I also launched a structured Marketing and Communication activity, resulting in a strongly increased visibility of the company.
• In 2002, I opened the French subsidiary followed by successes at BNPP and Banque Postale. In 2006, launch of the Dutch branch, with signatures at Rabobank and ABN Amro.
• In parallel another Sales team opened markets in UK and Asia. In 2006, I took over the global Commercial Management of Callataÿ & Wouters and built a strong international S&M department.

Brussels, Liège, Antwerp...

• I joined Callataÿ & Wouters as an analyst to develop the software application for mortgage loan management at the Comptoir d’Escompte de Belgique.
• As a project manager I was in charge of the new management system designed for the industrial insurance broker Boels & Bégault.
• As program director I lead the implementation project of the banking software Thaler at Argenta.Spaarbank.