Jean-Marc Verbist started on 1st September 2023 as Human Capital Center Leader, Europe, based in Brussels. Jean-Marc is an HR professional with 20+ years of experience in the banking, telecom, and consulting sectors.  At Bank Degroof Petercam, he held the position of CHRO for about 10 years, reporting to the CEO and was a member of the Group Management Board.  He led a HR team internationally and has extensive experience acting as a speaker and moderator. Previously in the Telecom sector at Proximus he was part of the Executive team, responsible for internal reorganisations and mergers before becoming Vice President Human Capital at Proximus leading an HR team of 150 HR employees. Jean-Marc started his career at Accenture as a Senior Consultant.

Jean-Marc has extensive experience in HR Strategy, Board management (remuneration and nominations committees), Transformation & culture, Talent Management, HR Business Partnering, HR Operations, HR matters related to regulated sectors, External & internal Recruitment, Training & Development, Performance Management, Career Management, Leadership, Succession Management, Redeployment, Change Management, Culture, Competences Management, Training and Development, all HR impacts of Mergers and Acquisition/reorganizations and Senior Program/Process Management.

He has been quoted in several HR press publications such as L’Echo, Trends, HR Magazine, Metro, De Tijd, Le Soir to name a few.  He has received several awards in HR world like the best corporate HR team and best talent acquisition team.  He holds a Master degree in Business Administration at Solvay Business School, ULB university.