Education

PhD in Financial Economics; Dec. 1995; London Business School, University of London.

Thesis advisor: Prof. Julian Franks. Dissertation title: ‘Ownership, Managerial Control, and the Governance of Poorly Performing Companies’.


BA in Philosophy (baccalaureus in de wijsbegeerte); July 1991; Institute of Philosophy (Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte), University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium.


MBA in Finance; June 1989; Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.


BSc/MSc in Management Engineering (handelsingenieur); July 1988; Department of Applied Economics, University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium. Dissertation title: ‘Bank risk management: capital adequacy regulations and hedging using new financial instruments.’


Secondary School: Degree in Latin-Mathematics, June 1984; Sint-Maarteninstituut, Aalst, Belgium.