Philippe Gijsels

CEO

Antwerp, Belgium30 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in developing investment strategies.
Strong communicator with extensive media contacts.
Proven leadership in managing investment teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the Fintech industry with expertise in investment management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment StrategyClient CommunicationResearch MarketingClient EngagementProduct StrategyEquity Strategy DevelopmentClient Relationship Management

Other Skills

Financial MarketsPortfolio ManagementCapital MarketsInvestmentsBankingEquitiesBloombergTradingStrategyInvestment BankingAsset ManagementDerivativesFixed IncomePrivate BankingStructured Products

About

We cannot control the winds but we can adjust the sails.

Experience

30 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

10 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

19 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Bnp paribas fortis

3 roles

Chief Strategy Officer

Promoted

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

Responsible, together with BNP Paribas group counterparts, for developing the investment strategy.
Responsible for communicating this strategy to internal and external clients as well as to the press.
Doing about 120 client presentations a year.
Having about 250 press contacts for the national and international press like CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters.
Responsible for a team of about 15 investment professionals.

Financial MarketsPortfolio ManagementCapital MarketsInvestmentsBankingEquities+17

Head of Research and Marketing Capital Markets

Promoted

Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 · 3 yrs

Responsible for the Research and the marketing of the Research in Brussels to our internal and external clients (including press).
Idea generation for themes and products.
Being the linking pin between the research in London and Paris and our sales people in Brussels.
Being the "face" to the outside world for BNP Paribas Fortis Capital Markets.

ResearchMarketingIdea GenerationResearch MarketingClient Engagement

Senior structured product strategist

Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs

Responsible for developing products and strategies.
Idea generation for themes and products.
Communicating about the strategy and products to internal and external clients as well as to the press.
Working on building a platform (on the content side) for public distribution.

Product DevelopmentStrategy CommunicationProduct StrategyClient Communication

Fortis bank

2 roles

Senior Equity Strategist

Promoted

Jan 2001 – Jan 2007 · 6 yrs

Responsible for developing the equity strategy (overall market and sectors) for Fortis Global Markets.
Responsible for communicating and marketing this strategy to internal and external clients (institutional) and to the (inter-)national press.
Responsible for co-ordinating the strategy input from different teams (analysts, quants, technical analysts, economist) from different countries.
Co-writer and manager of different publications like the "Equity Strategy Note" (monthly), "Trading Equity Today" (two times a week) and "Equity Market Snapshot" (daily).

Equity StrategyMarket CommunicationEquity Strategy DevelopmentClient Communication

Dealer dealing room

Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 · 3 yrs

Responsible for developing and communicating the Fortis Global Markets equity strategy to internal clients, the retail network and the press.
Author and co-author of a large number of Fortis publications like the "G-Invest", "Focus on Equities" and the "Equity Market Snapshot".
Reported to the Director Equity Strategy Team Fortis Bank.

Equity Strategy CommunicationPublication ManagementEquity Strategy DevelopmentClient Engagement

General bank

Relationship Manager Private Clients

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs

Successfully responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of private clients.
Supporting their needs for a variety of products and services in the fields of insurance, credits, payments...but with a focus on investment products.

Client ManagementInvestment ProductsClient Relationship ManagementInvestment Strategy