With more than 30 years of experience in various capacities (in Belgium and abroad) in an integrated bankinsurance group, Christine has gained not only valuable financial knowledge and leadership skills but also financial competence and a large network.

Claire invests a lot of her time to ensure equality between men and women. At BNP Paribas Fortis she was the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for 10 years. Since 2019, Claire joined Febelfin to help the whole financial sector to become more inclusive & diverse.

Anna Maria is a gender and diversity expert and intersectional feminist. With a background in linguistics, a specialisation and professional experience in legal interpreting Spanish-Dutch and a Masters in Gender and Diversity, she is the kind of person who believes all humans deserve equal opportunities. She has done academic research among Latin-American transgender sexworkers at the Red light’s District in Antwerp. In addition to her professional life, she is an artist.

Marie-Anne started her career in KBC Group in 1988. After having taken on different management positions in finance, she decided to take on a new challenge within Euroclear as the CRO of Euroclear Bank in 2018. In addition to this role, she became the chair of Euroclear’s Belgian work’s council in 2020.

Frédéric has been working for Belfius since 1999. In November 2020 he was appointed as Diversity Manager.

Sarah has spent over 25 years in a wide range of control functions in the financial sector including the past 15 years in banking supervision and regulation. These different experiences have included management and team coordination tasks, making Sarah more and more aware of the importance of human resources issues and especially of the role of diversity in the collective intelligence of a company.

Marie-Elisabeth runs a boutique consultancy specialised in access to finance and innovation programmes for start-ups and SMEs. Since 1994, she has managed representation offices to the EU, designed support programmes for business, held various board positions and developed early stage investment ecosystems in over 40 countries.

Rosa has held various leadership positions in business development, client management and service delivery at BNY Mellon across Europe over the last two decades. She currently oversees the BNY Mellon Corporate Trust Luxembourg business and is in charge of the relationship with the Clearing Houses.

Measuring is knowing! That is the motto of Rita Thys, Director of Insurance Studies at Assuralia since 2007.

Astrid leads the Technology Platform Readiness and Continuity group at SWIFT, moreover responsible for business continuity and compliance activities underpinning SWIFT’s operational excellence.

Astrid is passionate about creating more inclusive work environments and firmly believes that diverse teams create richer business outputs.