Bart Smet - Ageas SA/NV CEO and Executive Director

Mr. Bart Karel August De Smet was Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and Member of the Executive Committee of Ageas S.A. since July 1, 2009. He earned a degree in mathematical sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain, and has diplomas in Actuarial Sciences and Managerial Sciences. He began his career with Argenta in 1982. From 1985 to 1993, he served as Executive Vice President of the Life division at the Swiss insurance company Nationale Suisse. In 1994, he joined ING Insurance Belgium, where he was a member of the ExCo, responsible for individual and group life insurance, health insurance banking activities. He moved to Fortis in 1998, where he was a member of the management committee of Fortis AG and responsible for Fortis Employee Benefits. In 2005, he took charge of the Broker Channel at Fortis Insurance Belgium, assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Insurance Belgium in 2007. In June 2009 he became Chief Executive Officer of Fortis, which was renamed Ageas following the AGM in April 2010. He is Member of the Board of Directors of Ageas Insurance International N.V., ViceChairman of the Board of Directors of AG Insurance SANV, ViceChairman of the Board of Directors of Maybank Ageas Berhad Holding, ViceChairman of the Board of Directors of Taiping Life, Member of the Board of Directors of Muang Thai Holding, Member of the Belgian Corporationrationrate Governance Committee, Chairman of LEADIN Inspiring leaders, Leading insights, Member of the Board of Directors of VOKA VZW, Member of the Board of Directors of Group Eurasca N.V., Member of the Board of Directors of Partners in Insurance N.V., Member of the Board of Directors of De Warande, ViceChairman of VCKK and Member of the Board of Directors of Het Depot vzw. since 2009.