Tom Dechaene

Tom Dechaene is an executive board member of the National Bank of Belgium, responsible for bank supervision and for financial controlling and reporting. He also sits on the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank. Previously he was a banker with (today’s) ING in Brussels, Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank in London and a non-executive board member with KBC Group in Brussels. Tom Dechaene also teaches banking at the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Solvay School in Brussels.

Studies

• 1978 - 1985 Bachelor in Law (Kortrijk/Leuven university) and Master in Law (Central Examination Board)
• 1984 - 1986 Master in Applied Economics, UFSIA (Antwerp)
• 1990 - 1991 MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
• 2012 Risk Management in Banking, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

Former professional activities

• Deutsche Bank London (investment bank, UK) (2000‑2001), adviser
• SurfCast (graphic user interface technology, US) (1999-2002), CFO
• Deutsche Bank London (investment bank, UK) (1998‑1999), director
• Morgan Grenfell & Co (merchant bank, UK) (1991‑1998), assistant director
• Bank Brussel Lambert (bank, Belgium) (1986‑1990), executive

Current mandates or functions

• European Central Bank
• Member of the Supervisory Board: as from 18.05.2017
• Université Catholique de Louvain
• Visiting Professor, banking studies
• Solvay School of Economics, Brussels
• Visiting Professor, banking studies