Jozef De Mey
chairman
Business & Management
Ageas
Belgium
Biography
Jozef De Mey was born in 1943 and is a Belgian national. He holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Gent and graduated as Actuary at the University of Louvain. He started his career in 1967 at the Insurance Control Authorities of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. From 1969 until 1971 he worked at Kredietbank Belgium. In 1971 he joined John Hancock, a financial services provider, where he held various positions until he joined Fortis in 1990. At Fortis, Jozef De Mey served as general manager of Fortis International, CEO of Fortis AG, and was appointed member of the ExCo in September 2000, where he was responsible for the Belgian and international insurance activities. In 2007, he was appointed Chief Investment Officer within the ExCo. Jozef De Mey retired from Fortis in December 2007. He continued to hold a number of non-executive Board memberships in Fortis operating companies. In February 2009, he became non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortis.
Research Interest
astronomical mathematics.
