Bartel Puelinckx
Biography
- Born in 1965, in Aalst, Belgium.
- Holds a Master’s Degree in applied economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and a law degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
- Joined company in 1992.
- Started his career in trade finance at Kredietbank (Belgium) in 1992. In 2002, he was appointed group-wide relationship manager for major multinational business clients. From 2006 to 2010, he worked for K&H, the Hungarian subsidiary of KBC group, where he was responsible for managing corporate banking policy. After being nominated to the Executive Committee of K&H in 2007, he took charge of HR management and credit policy. He was Chief Finance Officer for KBC's Czech subsidiary ČSOB from 2010 to 2014, where he also headed up Finance Management, Asset & Liability Management, Credit Management and Investor Relations. He also was a member of the Board of Directors of ČMSS (a subsidiary specialising in mortgage loans) since 2010, and represented ČSOB in that board as main shareholder. He returned to Belgium in July 2014 where he was appointed Senior General Manager of KBC Group Finance, and became responsible for Group Finance, Group Tax and Financial Insights & Communication (Investor Relations). In September 2016 he was appointed CEO of KBC Securities NV and since 1 May 2019 Senior General Manager Group Compliance , reporting directly into the KBC Group Chief Risk Officer. As of 1 September 2024, he joined the Executive Committee of KBC Group, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).