International insurance group Ageas, has announced the retirement of Christophe Boizard as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) after a tenure of more than 11 years.
Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, Wim Guilliams, the current CFO of Ageas’s Belgian subsidiary AG Insurance, will succeed Boizard with effect 1 June 2023.
Hans De Cuyper, CEO Ageas: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank Christophe Boizard for his outstanding contribution in bringing Ageas to where it stands today.
During his tenure as CFO, Christophe built a solid financial team and has been incremental in the launch of the reinsurance business.
“He also successfully issued several debt programmes and managed to strongly improve the Group’s financial ratings. Christophe is leaving us with a strong financial basis from which the Group can further develop.”
According to the announcement, as newly appointed CFO, Guilliams will also be proposed as a member of the Ageas Board of Directors at the General shareholders meeting of 17 May 2023. His appointment is subject to the approval of the National Bank of Belgium.
Guilliams joined Ageas in 2015 as CFO of AG Insurance, he is described as an experienced executive with extensive financial knowledge and someone very familiar with the Group and the insurance sector,
Prior to AG Insurance, he held several executive and Board positions within KBC Group in Belgium and Eastern Europe, and within ING Insurance in Belgium.
Ageas said: “Through the senior management positions he held before in various financial groups, and having led the implementation project of the new IFRS 17 accounting rules within Ageas, Wim is fully equipped to successfully lead the Ageas Finance community and to contribute to the further development of the company.”
Karel Tanghe will take over Guilliams role as AG Insurance’s CFO after a transition period.
Wim Guilliams, CFO AG Insurance: “I’m honoured to be taking up the role of CFO of Ageas and thrilled to continue the excellent work of my predecessor. Ageas has a strong reputation for delivering and I look forward to working with the Group’s entire finance community to contribute to the achievement of our objectives and to Ageas’s sustainable growth.”
