Speaker Profile: Wim Vermeir

Wim Vermeir became in April 2011 Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of AG insurance. Since June 2012, he is also Group Head of Investments for Ageas. In 2019, Wim became President of the Financial Committee of the King Bauduin Foundation.

Before joining AG(eas), Wim held between 1995 and 2006 different positions at Dexia Asset Management, and was, amongst others, equity manager, head of socially responsible investing, head of global balanced management and head of equity. In 1996, Wim launched two SRI funds that were the origin of the SRI activity of Dexia AM (now Candriam), Wim was also member of the executive committee and the board of Ausbil, Dexia AM‘s Australian equity boutique. In 2006, he was appointed Chief Investment Officer for Traditional Investments and member of the executive committee at Dexia Asset Management. Wim started his career at the University of Ghent and Vlerick School of Management as research assistant in corporate finance.

He holds a civil engineer degree in physics (University of Ghent) and an MBA (Vlerick School of Management).

Wim published also about venture capital and about SRI and is Guest Lecturer at the Solvay Business School & Vlerick Business School.