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Keynote SpeakerBruno Colmant

Historian and Futurologist of the Economy Specialized in Monetary and Social Issues

Bruno Colmant is Head of Macro Research and Executive Board Member at Bank Degroof Petercam. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master Degree in applied economics from the Solvay Business School Economics & Management (ULB). He also holds a Master of Sciences in Business Administration from the Purdue University (USA)... Read more

Biography

Bruno Colmant is Head of Macro Research and Executive Board Member at Bank Degroof Petercam. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master Degree in applied economics from the Solvay Business School Economics & Management (ULB). He also holds a Master of Sciences in Business Administration from the Purdue University (USA) and a Master in Fiscal Sciences (ICHEC-ESSF). Colmant is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy. He holds carious certifications, including ACI, ICMA, FRM, PRMiA, CFA, CIIA, CMF, CeFA and numerous IIA certifications. He is also a chartered accountant and tax advisor and owns the “agent de change” certification.

Colmant began his career at Arthur Andersen, Dewaay and Sofina. He was Managing Director at ING (1996-2006), Cabinet Head of the Belgian Finance Ministry (2006-2007), CEO of the Brussels Stock Exchange, Member of the Management Committee of NYSE Euronext and Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels (2007- 2009) and Deputy CEO at AGEAS (2009-2011). From 2001 throughout 2016, he has been a Partner of the consulting firm Roland Berger and an economic advisor to the AGEAS CEO.

Bruno Colmant lectures at the Vlerick Management School, UCL, the Solvay Business School Economics & Management (ULB), ICHEC , Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis and the Luxembourg School of Finance. He authored more than 75 books.

Popular Talks by Bruno Colmant

  • The economy
  • Past
  • presence & future of the economy
  • Capitalism
  • Finance