Name: Belgian Financial Forum
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Constitution

The Belgian Financial Forum was set up in 1992 upon the initiative of key figures from the financial and academic world and with the explicit support of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) and the (former) Belgian Banking Association (BBA).

In 2013, a renewed protocol governing the organisation of the Belgian Financial Forum was concluded between the NBB and Febelfin, the umbrella federation for the Belgian financial sector.

As from 01/01/2017 the platform of the Financial Forum is wider supported by FSMA and Assuralia.

On 11 October 2024, the forum was transformed into a non-profit organisation.

In Brussels, a secretariat is provided by the National Bank of Belgium and Febelfin, respectively, for lectures/conferences and for the journals.

The regional Fora are run by Regional Committees, largely made up of active members of the financial community in the broad sense of the term. The Committees have a wide degree of autonomy for ensuring the functioning, activities and financing of the Forum in the region in question. The NBB provides the secretariat for the Regional Committees.

The Forum pursues the following objectives:

To exchange, in the broad sense, knowledge about economic and financial issues
To provide a meeting place for the financial sector and related sectors, public authorities, academic circles and businesses.
To encourage debates and exchange of views on economic and financial themes;
Various different formats are proposed, like conferences, colloquia, panel debates, etc.

For who?

The Forum’s activities are mainly targeted at a wide public of professionals interested in economic and financial questions, including most notably management staff of financial institutions, of industrial and commercial enterprises and of governmental institutions, academic staff, accountants, auditors, financial intermediaries, etc.

The Forum’s events are held in Brussels or in one of the 12 regional committees. Each regional committee enjoys wide autonomy and plans its activities in close collaboration with the financial institutions involved in the region.

Steering committee

The main body of the Belgian Financial Forum is the Steering Committee, which sets out the broad lines of action. The programme of activities is approved by the Steering Committee.

Steven Vanackere

President

Karel Baert

Member

Hein Lannoy

Member

Annemie Rombouts

Member

Carmen Boschmans

Coordinator activities

Wien De Geyter

Coodinator publications

Marc De Geyter

President Coordination Committee

Coordination Committee

The programme of activities is prepared by the Coordinating Committee. The Brussels-based Forum cooperates with the Regional Committees through the Coordinating Committee.