Joost Maes

Biography

 Born on 15 July 1961, in Huy, Belgium, Belgian nationality. Gérard Lamarche is a graduate in Economics Sciences from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve and the INSEAD Management Institute (Advanced Management Program for Suez Group Executives). He also trained at the Wharton International Forum in 1998-1999 (Global Leadership Series). He began his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells in Belgium in 1983 and in the Netherlands in 1987. In 1988, Gérard Lamarche joined Société Générale de Belgique as Investment Manager and was Controller from 1989 to 1991, before becoming an advisor on strategic transactions from 1992 to 1995. He joined Compagnie Financière de Suez as Advisor to the Chairman and Secretary to the Executive Committee (1995-1997) before being appointed Senior Vice President in charge of Planning, Control and Accounting. In 2000, Gérard Lamarche pursued his career in the industrial sector by joining NALCO (the US subsidiary of the Suez group, world leader in industrial water treatment) as General Managing Director. In January 2003, he was appointed CFO of the Suez group. He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since 2011 and Co-CEO since 1st January 2012.

Research Interest

General Science