Top Ageas officer to exit after 11 years, new leader revealed

Belgium-based insurance group  Ageas has revealed a new chief financial officer (CFO) who is “very familiar with the group and the insurance sector”, following the departure of Christophe Boizard after a tenure of more than 11 years.

With effect from June 2023 and subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, Wim Guilliams (Pictured) will succeed Boizard as CFO Ageas, who has announced his intention to retire. Guilliams will also be proposed as a member of the Ageas board of directors at the General shareholders meeting on May 17.

Guilliams is the current CFO of Ageas’s Belgian subsidiary AG Insurance. He joined the group in 2015. Prior to that, he held several executive and board positions within KBC Group in Belgium and Eastern Europe, and within ING Insurance in Belgium.

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, Guilliams will lead the Ageas Finance community and contribute to the further development of the company.

As of January 1, Guilliams will be appointed deputy CFO of Ageas in order to initiate the transition with Boizard.

Hans De Cuyper, CEO of Ageas, said: “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. As a colleague within the Executive Committee for the past 11 years, I would also like to thank Christophe for his sharp analysis and his focus on performance which has proven to be of great value in the development of the Group.”

Guilliams commented: “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.”

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