Personnel Group: Board of Directors

Marcia De Wachter served in several positions at the National Bank of Belgium where she became the first female Vice Governor. She was Economic Advisor to the Cabinet of the Belgian Prime Minister and economics professor at different universities. She is currently also an Independent Non-Executive Director at LeaseInvest of Group Ackermans&vanHaaren. Marcia is founder of Brain-at-Trust, a consultancy coaching C-suite Executives. She is a founding member of the international Women’s Forum for Economy and Society and of Women in Finance. She was awarded the ‘Exceptional Woman of the Year’ award by the Belgian Government and as ‘Alumnus of the Year’ at the University of Antwerp. She is a frequent and acclaimed keynote speaker on national and international fora.

Alain Moreau served between 2009 and 2019 as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank Belgium. Between 2012 and 2016, he was also Global Head of Investment Products and Insurances for Deutsche Bank Group. Prior to that he served as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Deutsche Bank Belgium and as a Junior Lecturer in Business Administration for the University of Namur. Mr Moreau holds a Master of Engineering and a degree in Business Administration from UCLouvain (Belgium).

Marija has over 11 years banking experience with various senior risk positions within MeDirect Group gaining extensive knowledge in risk management. Marija has a Bachelors degree from the University of Malta and is a qualified Professional Risk Manager (PRM)

Jean-Marcel joined MeDirect Bank in February 2024. He has over 15 years of banking experience, with a particular focus on Asset and Liability Management, Interest Rate Risk Management, Credit Risk Modelling, Liquidity Risk Management, and Financial Performance. From 2007 to 2018, he held various positions in ALM-Treasury at BNP Paribas Fortis. In 2018, he joined bpost bank where he served as Head of ALM-Treasury, Head of Performance Management and then Finance Director. Jean-Marcel graduated in Monetary Economics and Econometrics from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and obtained an M.A. in Economics from UCLouvain (Belgium). He also holds master’s degrees in Quantitative Methods in Finance and in Political Science, both from ULB (Belgium).

Bart Bronselaer has more than 20 years’ experience in European institutional financial services. He started his career with Merrill Lynch International in London, where he held various positions, the last as Head of Debt Capital Markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. There he had the task of structuring and selling financial solutions to various clients, such as financial institutions, industrial companies and public bodies.

In 2003, he became an independent expert in financial services. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Royal Park Investments, a “bad bank” formed after the collapse of Fortis in 2008. In 2012 he joined the board of directors of Dexia NV, and Dexia Credit Local where he is president of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. From November 2019 till May 2020 he was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board ad interim of Dexia and director and Chief Executive Officer ad interim of Dexia Crédit Local.

Bart Bronselaer is also a member of the board of directors of United Pensions, an international solution for employers and pension funds aiming to bring their pension administration and pension assets under one roof.

Bart Bronselaer holds a master’s degree in industrial sciences, as well as a master’s degree in information sciences and a master’s degree in business administration. He participated in the Risk Management in Banking Programme, held at INSEAD.

Frederic Hannequart has more than 35 years experience in financial services, both banking and securities services. He started his career with Bank Brussels Lambert, where he held various positions in Asia and Europe. He then moved to Euroclear, where he was an executive Board member for more than 15 years, first as chief financial officer, then as chief business officer. Besides his Board membership of MeDirect, he is also an independent board member of AXA Belgium, and a consular judge in the Commercial Court of Brussels. He holds Master’s degrees in Law (Leuven), Economics (Louvain-la-Neuve) and Business Administration (Cornell University)

Jean Dessain has over 30 years of experience in financial services. He started his career with Bank Paribas Belgium as a derivatives trader. He later spent 10 years at BNP Paribas Fortis, serving as General Manager of Capital & Funding, where he led the group’s capital raising and optimisation activities, managed relations with rating agencies, and was a member of the ALM Committee. He then transitioned to consulting for financial institutions.

In addition to his Board membership at MeDirect, he is Managing Director at Reacfin (active in actuary, quantitative finance, and AI for finance) and a Visiting Professor of Finance at UCLouvain. He holds master’s degrees in law (UCLouvain) and economics (UCLouvain), a Certificate in Machine Learning (Stanford University), and passed the exam to become a Certified Compliance Officer (FSMA).