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 Bruno Colmant

Biography
Bruno Colmant, born the 24 of July 1961, is a belgian professor at the University, an economist, a tax expert and a financial advisor.[1].

Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, he also advises many governments and business leaders in the field of economics. He was also a consular judge of the Brussels Commercial Court. Currently, he is Head of Macro Research at Degroof Petercam Bank.

Bruno Colmant is also author and co-author of more than 70 books and more than 5,000 articles and columns published since 1991.

Education
Graduated with Honors from the École de commerce Solvay (1984) and an internationally recognized expert in various professional and political circles[2], Bruno Colmant holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics (2000), a Master's degree Business engineering (1984) from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, a Master's degree in Tax (1995) and a Master of Business Administration (1989) from Purdue University (Krannert School of Management, Indiana, USA)[3]..

Bruno Colmant holds more than 20 business certifications in finance, management, accounting and tax, including american certifications: FRM, PRMIA, CFA, CISA, CGAP, CFSA, CFE, CSSA, CIA, etc. Il est également expert-comptable et conseil fiscal belge de l'IEC et agent de change honoraire.

Career
After a career primarly within the ING Group, where he became CEO of ING Luxembourg and Managing Director of ING Belgique and CFO, he is appointed Director of the Office of the Minister of Finance [2] et Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Didier Reynders.

In 1999, he developed the notional interest scheme .

In 2000, Bruno Colmant became professor at numerous universities where he teaches Economics, Financial Management, Corporate Tax and Financial Accounting : Université Catholique de Louvain, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Saint-Louis, HEC-ULg, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (ICHEC), École Royale Militaire (Bruxelles) and Université du Luxembourg.

In 2007, he became President of the Brussels Stock Exchange[4] and a Director of NYSE Euronext. He played a major role in the merger between Euronext et NYSE.

In 2009, he is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer[5] de Ageas. Later in the same year, he joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants au titre d'associé responsable des services financiers.

In 2015, he is appointed Global Head of Financial Services of Roland Berger before joining Degroof Petercam Bank as a Head of Macro Research.

He advises numerous companies and is Managing Director of Brederode, UNIBRA Group and Union Wallonne des Entreprises (UWE).

He is also member and past Director of  the Classe Technologie et Société of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium from May 2009  and member of various scholarly organizations (Mensa, High IQ Society, etc.).

En 2017, he was awarded Prix du livre politique 2017, recognized for his book: "L'Euro, une utopie trahie?" .

Awards

 * Prix du livre politique 2017
 * Commandeur de l'ordre de Léopold
 * Grand Officier de l'ordre de la Couronne
 * Médaille d'or des Élites du travail belge
 * Médaille du travail (1re classe)

Autres responsabilités

 * Member of the Belgian Royal Academy
 * Knight of Order of the Crown (Belgium)


 * President Belgian Finance Club
 * President Belgian Federal Digital Committee
 * Ambassador World Wide Fund
 * Board member Brussels Entreprises Commerce and Industry (BECI)
 * Board member UNION WALLONNE DES ENTREPRISES (UWE)
 * Member of the Steering Committee FORUM FINANCIER BELGE
 * Member of the Advisory Council TOP MANAGEMENT EUROPE
 * Member of the Advisory Board LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
 * Member JURY OF THE CEO and CFO OF THE YEAR (TRENDS) (Trends)

Media
Bruno Colmant is one of the Belgium's most distinguished economists in Belgium and abroad.

He holds a blog in l'Echo  and regularly publishes articles in the fields of economics, tax, politics and social events. He appeared as a special guest on numerous Belgian, Swiss, French, Chinese television channels, in particular La Une, BFM Business , RTL-TVI  .