Composition of the Board of Directors

The authority and responsibilities of the Board of Directors are described in the Internal Rules of the Board of Directors..

On behalf of all shareholders and on the proposal or advice of the Management Board, the Board of Directors lays down the strategy and general policy of the company and the Dexia Group. It also sets the Group’s standards and monitors the implementation of that strategy.

It controls and gives direction to the management of the company and the Group and provides monitoring of risks.

It also ensures that the principles of good governance are respected.

The board’s acts are guided solely by a concern for the interests of the company in relation to the entirety of its shareholders, its customers and staff.

The Board of Directors consists of 9 members, including:

  • 3 independent directors;
  • 2 executive directors with 1 CEO;
  • 4 non-executive directors who do not perform any management function in the company or any of its subsidiaries (without taking into account the independent directors);

 
Its composition is in accordance with the statutory French and Belgian nature of Dexia SA.

  • Robert de Metz - 61 years old, French

    Chairman of the Board
    Member of the Accounts Committee

    Main function

    ​Executive director La Fayette Management Ltd.

    Other functions

    ​Member of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ France; director of Média-Participations (Paris-Brussels) and of L.A. Finances (Paris); chief Executive Officer of Bee2Bees SA (Brussels); member of the Executive Committee of the Fondation Demeure Historique pour l’avenir du patrimoine.

    Biography

    ​A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies and former student at ENA, he began his career in the General Finance Inspectorate. Robert de Metz joined Banque Indosuez in 1983 where he held posts in Hong Kong and in France befor e joining Demachy Worms & Cie. At Paribas since 1991, he exercised many functions, notably mergers- acquisitions before being appointed to the Board of Directors, responsible from London for fixed income, forex and derivatives markets. He was a director at Cobepa from 1993 to 1999. Between 2002 and 2007, Robert de Metz was Deputy Director General of the Vivendi Group in charge of mergers-acquisitions and strategy.

  • Karel De Boeck - 63 years old, Belgian

    Chief Executing officer

    Coopted 21 May 2012

    Main function

    ​Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board of Dexia SA and Chief Executive Officer of Dexia Crédit Local S.A.

    Other functions

    Member of various boards of directors (Lamifil and Willemen Group) and is chairman of the boards of directors of Boek.be and Allegro Investment Fund NV.
    He is also director of Dexia Crédit Local (coopted 30 May 2012).

    Biography

    Karel De Boeck is qualified in electromechanical civil engineering (1972) and has a degree in economic sciences (1974) from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Dexia SA since August 2012, after having chaired the Board of Directors from July 1st till August 3rd 2012. Since October 2012 he is also Chief Executive Officer of Dexia Crédit Local.
    In 1976, he joined Générale de Banque where he worked in all the domestic and international banking business lines before becoming marketing director of the commercial division. In 1993, he joined the CGER (Fortis) bank and became chairman of the management committee in January 1996. In 1999, following the takeover of Générale de Banque by Fortis, he was appointed a member of the management committee of Fortis bank and a member of the executive committee of the Fortis Group, successively responsible for the “medium-sized companies” and then “corporate banking”, “retail banking” and “private banking” business lines, before finally being appointed “risk director”. In 2007, he became Group vice-chairman of ABN Amro Holding in the Netherlands. In December 2008, he was appointed CEO of Fortis Holdings, now Ageas (until June 2009).
    From 1999 to 2002, Karel De Boeck was chairman of the Belgian Banking Association (now Febelfin) and chairman of EFMA (the European Financial Management & Marketing Association) from 2003 to 2006.
    Karel De Boeck also sits on various boards of directors (Lamifil and Willemen Group) and is chairman of the boards of directors of Boek.be and Allegro Investment Fund NV.

  • Paul Bodart - 60 years old, Belgian

    Independent Director

    Main function

    Member of the T2S Board of the European Central Bank

    Biography

    Paul Bodart received a Master degree in Engineering from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 1976 and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in 1987 from INSEAD. He first held a variety of positions at the Banque Européenne pour l’Amérique latine, Morgan and the Euroclear Operations Centre. Paul Bodart joined The Bank of New York on January 1, 1996 as a Senior Vice President to become the General Manager of the Brussels Branch of the Bank. He was responsible for all Global Custody operations. He was promoted Executive Vice President on January 1, 2003. In March 2009, Paul Bodart’s responsibilities were extended to Head of EMEA Operations in the Asset Servicing sector with The Bank of New York Mellon. Paul Bodart was Executive Vice President and CEO of BNY Mellon SA/NV, Head of EMEA Global Operations until September 2012. Since September 2012, he has been appointed as a member of the T2S Board of the European Central Bank.

  • Bart Bronselaer - 46 years old, Belgian

    Independent Director
    Coopted 14 December 2012

    Main function

    Chairman of the board of directors of Royal Park Investments

    Biography

    Bart Bronselaer holds a degree in Industrial Engineering (Groep T Leuven) as well as a Master degree in Computer Science (VUB) and an MBA (K.U. Leuven). He spent most of his career (1993-2003) at Merrill Lynch International in London in various capacities, last of all as head of Debt Capital Markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In that capacity he was responsible for the structuring and marketing of financial solutions to the client base including financial institutions, industrial
    corporates, and public sector. In 2003, he became an independent financial services professional. He is currently Chairman of the board of directors of Royal Park Investments.

  • Delphine d'Amarzit - 40 years old, French

    Non-executive Director

    Main function

    Head of department at the Directorate General of the Treasury

    Biography

    Delphine d'Amarzit was born in 1973 and is a French national. She graduated from the Institut d’études politiques (‘IEP’) in Paris and is a former student of the Ecole nationale d’administration. In 1996 she became a Finance inspector. In 2000 she was appointed assistant secretary general and then in 2001 secretary general of the Paris Club and head of the “International indebtedness, Paris Club and credit insurance” bureau at the Treasury Department. She then became advisor in charge of the financial sector to the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry (2003-2006), assistant manager for financial markets and corporate financing (2006-2007) at the Treasury Department and then adviser for economic and financial affairs to the Prime Minister (2007-2009). Since July 2009 she has been head of department at the Directorate General of the Treasury. She is also a director of the Agence française de développement and the Banque publique d’investissement.

  • Alexandre De Geest - 42 years old, Belgian

    Non-executive Director

    Main function

    Director at the Treasury (SPF Finances) since 2012.

    Biography

    Alexandre De Geest holds a law degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He has been a director at many companies including Gazelec (2004-2005) and the 'Fonds de Vieillissement' since 2003. In 2000 he became an advisor to the federal Ministry of Finance, then an advisor to the federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2011. He has been director at the Treasury (SPF Finances) since 2012.

  • Thierry Francq - 49 years old, French

    Non-executive Director

    Main function

    Executive advisor to the General Director of the French Treasury. ​​

    Biography

    Thierry Francq was born in 1964 and is a French national.He graduated from the Ecole polytechnique and the Ecole nationale de statistiques et d’administration économique (ENSAE). He began his career in 1988 in the Direction de la Prévision (Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry), as assistant to the head of the Foreign Bureau and then financial transactions. In 1992, he joined the Treasury Department where he was deputy head of the Housing Financing Bureau and, as of 1995, head of the bureau in charge of French policy regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the international financial system and the preparation of the G7 summits. From 2000 to 2002, he held the position of assistant manager in charge of the regulation of insurance companies, products and markets and then, from 2002 to 2004, assistant manager in the Service des participations before being appointed head of the financing of the economy at the Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique (DGTPE). In March 2009, he was appointed secretary general of the Financial Markets Authority (AMF). Since December 2012 he has been executive advisor to the General Director of the French Treasury. ​

  • Philippe Rucheton - 65 years old, French

    Executive Director

    Main function

    Member of the Management Board of Dexia SA and Executive Vice-President of DCL

    Biography

    Philippe Rucheton, who attended Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Supérieur des Affaires and Panthéon Sorbonne (Master of Business Law), is Member of the Management Board of Dexia since December 2008, responsible for financial services and financial management, and since October 2012, also in charge of mergers and acquisitions, treasury and financial markets and the management of the international branches in the United States and Ireland. He is also Executive Vice-President of Dexia Crédit Local since October 2012. He worked twenty years for Société Générale and held various senior management positions such as CFO of Newedge (2008), Vice Chairman of Komercni Banka (2002-2008) based in Prague, Head of ALM for Société Générale (1995-2002) and Deputy Managing Director of Europe Computer Systems (1988-1995).

  • Koen Van Loo - 40 years old, Belgian

    Director since 2008
    Member of the Internal Control, Risks and Compliance Committee, Member of the Strategy Committee
    Beginning and end of mandate: 2009-2013

    Main function

    ​Managing Director and Member of the Strategy Committee of the Société fédérale belge de participations et d’investissement.

    Other functions

    ​Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fedimmo. Director and Member of the Audit Committee of SN Airholding. Director of Zephyr FIN, Certi-Fed, Bel to mundial vzw, Zilver Avenue Participatiemaatschappij nv, Société Belge d’Investissement International, Fonds de reduction du coût global de l’énergie. He is also director of Dexia Crédit Local (coopted 10 May 2012).

    Biography

    ​Graduate in Applied Economics and holds a post-graduate degree in Taxation. He began his career as a Deputy Advisor to the Conseil central de l’économie before joining the Office of the Belgian Minister of Finance as an expert in September 1999. In November 2000 he was appointed Advisor to the Cabinet and was then head of tha Cabinet from May 2003 until November 2006. In November he was appointed Managing Director and a Member of the Strategy Committee of the Société fédérale de participations et d’investissement.