Benedicte Cocquyt

Benedicte Cocquyt is a finance professional with 25 year of experience in corporate finance, strategic development, start-ups, risk and financial management in Europe and Asia. From 1992 untill 2011, Benedicte worked for ING Bank including 7 years serving as a VP Business development in China. She built the banks' new corporate and institutional business in the China and Taiwan market into a sustainable and profitable business. Subsequently she held Director positions for the ING in the Netherlands and in Belgium and acquired a broad expertise in Risk management, Retail and Private Banking and Strategic program management. Over the past 5 years, Benedicte has held interim CFO and change/advisory management positions in Belgium at Argenta Bank, Triodos Bank, Brussels Airport Company and Quares. She currently leads a mission in risk management at Alpha Card, a Belgian payment institution. Benedicte is also a business angel and coach for start-ups in Belgium.