Team


Gilles SAMYN

Chief Executive Officer

Member of the executive management.

Born on 2 January 1950, holds dual Belgian and French nationality

 

Mr Gilles SAMYN graduated in Commercial Engineering from the Solvay Business School (Université Libre de Bruxelles) where he has held scientific and academic functions since 1970. He started his career with the MOUVEMENT COOPÉRATIF BELGE in 1972 before joining the GROUPE BRUXELLES LAMBERT at the end of 1974.

Mr Gilles SAMYN is currently managing director of FRÈRE-BOURGEOIS and ERBE. He is also the Chairman, a director and/or a member of various committees in a number of companies in which the NPM/CNP Group holds direct or indirect shareholdings (PARGESA HOLDING, GROUPE BRUXELLES LAMBERT, TRANSCOR ASTRA GROUP, GROUPE FLO, ENTREMONT ALLIANCE, GRUPPO BANCA LEONARDO, M6, AFFICHAGE HOLDING, etc.). He is also director of the GRAND HOPITAL DE CHARLEROI and of ACIDE CARBONIQUE PUR (ACP).

 

 

Victor DELLOYE

General Counsel

Member of the executive management.

Born on 27 September 1953, Belgian

 

Mr Victor DELLOYE graduated in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain and holds a Masters in Fiscal Sciences (ESSF- Brussels). Since the academic year 1989-1990, he is guest lecturer for the Masters in Fiscal Management at Solvay Business School (ULB).

He joined the FRÈRE-BOURGEOIS Group in 1987. Mr Victor DELLOYE is a director of PARGESA HOLDING, GROUPE BRUXELLES LAMBERT, GB-INNO-BM, FRÈRE-BOURGEOIS and other companies within the Group. He is also Vice President of the Association Belge des Sociétés Cotées.

 

 

Roland BORRES

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the executive management.

Born on 3 July 1961, Belgian

 

A graduate in Commercial Engineering from Solvay Business School (Université Libre de Bruxelles), he started his career with ARTHUR ANDERSEN (1984-1987), then held the positions of International Auditor and Controller of the Belgian subsidiary with the pharmaceutical group MERCK & Co (1987-1989).

In 1989, he joined NPM/CNP, where he has filled various financial and industrial monitoring positions. Since 2000 he is the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

Maximilien de LIMBURG STIRUM

Officer in charge of Shareholdings

Member of the executive management.

Born on 29 April 1971, Belgian

 

A graduate in Commercial Engineering from Solvay Business School (Université Libre de Bruxelles), he started his career in 1995 at NPM/CNP where, after being entrusted with the supervision of various industrial operations, he was made Officer in charge of Shareholdings in 2003.

 

 

Jean-Charles d'ASPREMONT LYNDEN

Compliance Officer

Born on 5 May 1957, Belgian

 

A graduate in Law from the Université Catholique de Louvain, he holds a degree in Economic Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a diploma from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales (ICHEC). He started his career with COOPERS & LYBRAND (1984-91) as a tax specialist. In 1991, he joined NPM/CNP as a legal and fiscal adviser. Since 2006, he is also the Company’s Compliance Officer.

 

 

Sandro ARDIZZONE

Treasury and Market Operations

Born on 19 December 1975, Belgian.

 

A graduate in Commercial Engineering from Solvay Business School (Université Libre de Bruxelles), he holds a Masters in Fiscal Sciences (ESSF- Brussels) and a diploma in Financial Analysis (ABAF).

He started his career with ARTHUR ANDERSEN and ELECTRABEL and joined NPM/CNP in 2004. He is in charge of Treasury and Market Operations.

 

 

Xavier LE CLEF

Shareholdings

Born on 4 August 1976, Belgian

 

A graduate in Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, he holds an MBA from the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School.

Xavier LE CLEF started his career with the consultancy firm ARTHUR D. LITTLE and joined NPM/CNP in 2006, where he is responsible for the supervision of various industrial operations.

 

 

Frédéric POUCHAIN

Shareholdings

Born on 17 December 1971, Belgian

 

A graduate in Commercial Engineering from the Institute of Administration and Management (Université Catholique de Louvain), he holds a Master of the Community of European Management Schools and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Since the academic year 2007-2008, he is guest lecturer at the Louvain School of Management, Université Catholique de Louvain.

He started his career with EXXON CHEMICAL in Germany. He joined McKINSEY & COMPANY in 1998 before moving to NPM/CNP in 2001, where he is entrusted with the supervision of various industrial operations.

 

 

Nicolas VAN BRANDT

Managing Director of DISTRIPAR

Born on 24 January 1969, Belgian

 

A Doctor in Pharmacy, he holds a graduate of the Université Catholique de Louvain and a Special Degree in Management from the Solvay Business School (Université Libre de Bruxelles).

After starting his career as a University assistant and researcher in clinical pharmacokinetics, Nicolas VAN BRANDT then worked within the marketing division of an American pharmaceutical company, before being made general manager of the German subsidiaries of L’OREAL.

He then became the chief financial officer of QUICK RESTAURANTS before joining, in June 2007, the NPM/CNP team, in charge of the supervision of the shareholdings held by DISTRIPAR, of which he is the Managing Director.

 

 

Pascal CLAUSE

Accounts – General Services – Facility Management

Born on 15 March 1971, Belgian

 

A graduate in Electromechanical Engineering (A2 technician) and in Accounting from the I.E.S.E.T. (Tamines), Chartered Accountant and Tax Adviser (IEC), holder of a Masters diploma in the Practice of Chartered Accountancy and Company Auditing (O.E.P.C.B.B. – Brussels). He started his career in 1993 with NPM/CNP.

 

 

Etienne COUGNON

Accounts – General Services –Stock and Financial Markets

Born on 01 February 1965, Belgian

 

A graduate in Accounting from the I.E.S.E.T. (Tamines), Etienne COUGNON has spent his entire career within the Groupe FRÈRE, which he joined in 1987.

 

 

Sylvie HOFFMANN
Secretary
Accounts – General Services

 

After graduating as an Executive Secretary from the UNIVERSITE DU TRAVAIL (Charleroi), she joined the Groupe Frère in 1985.

 

 

Marie LEENS
Secretary to Gilles SAMYN

 

After graduating in Translation from the School of International Interpreters of the Université de Mons-Hainaut, Marie LEENS started her career as a terminologist with LERNOUT & HAUSPIE (1998 – 2001).

Between 2001 and 2004, she was Office Manager at BERLITZ TRANSLATIONS and joined NPM/CNP at the beginning of 2004 as secretary to Gilles SAMYN.

 

 

Fabienne MEUNIER
Secretary

 

After graduating as an Executive Secretary from the HAUTE ECOLE ALBERT JACQUARD (I.E.S.E.T.) (Tamines), she started her career with PETRAS INTERNATIONAL in Brussels and joined the Groupe FRÈRE in 1987.

She is today secretary to Messrs Victor DELLOYE and Jean-Charles d’ASPREMONT LYNDEN.

 

 

Laetitia POULIN
Secretary to Gilles SAMYN

 

After graduating as an Executive Secretary from the HAUTE ECOLE ALBERT JACQUARD (I.E.S.E.T.) (Tamines), she joined the NPM/CNP Group in 1991 and works as a secretary to Gilles SAMYN.

 

 

Murielle SAMOEY
Secretary to the Director of Shareholdings and to the Chief Finance Officer

 

After graduating at a secretary from the MEYSMANS private secretarial school (Brussels), Murielle SAMOEY joined the GROUPE FRERE in 1972 as a shorthand typist. She started out within FRERE-BOURGEOIS COMMERCIALE, before moving to FRERE-BOURGEOIS, and, in 1988, to NPM/CNP, where she took over the position of secretary to the Director of Shareholdings and to the Chief Finance Officer.

 

 

Françoise VERSÉ
Secretary

 

After gaining a degree and teaching qualification in History from the Catholic University of Louvain, she started her career with the Commission Royale de l’Histoire. After spending 10 years in Africa, she changed career path and joined NPM/CNP as an Executive Secretary in 1998.