MEET FRANÇOIS DE WITTE
After having worked for more than 30 years in banking, François launched his own consultancy activity, FDW Consult, Services BV, specialized in banking, finance and treasury consulting. From 2014 to 2016, he was also Solution Partner Treasury & Finance at USG Professionals. Since then, he took up several assignments, including one in the automotive sector with Ginion Group, with Ibanity, part of Isabel Group in the area of PSD2 and open banking, and with Gaming1 (In House Bank and Transfer Pricing Project). He has been independent Director at CKV, a small niche player mortgage and savings bank from 2019 until 2022, and worked from February 2023 to October 2023 as Group Treasurer ad interim with Bosal International.
François is lecturer of the course “Advanced Treasury” and “Cash and Working Capital Management” in the Master program “Finance and Treasury” at the IAE Management School (part of the University of Lille), and at Febelfin Academy. He also teaches and has a leading role in the Certificate in International Treasury and Corporate Finance Management organized by ATEL and the House of Training in Luxembourg. François is also mentor of Fintechs member of Fintech Belgium.
François has a master’s degree both in Law and Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
CONNECT
Owner at FDW Consult
EXPERTISE
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International Cash management
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Treasury organization
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Working Capital Management
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Financing
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Structured Finance
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Advisory
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Banking Relationship
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Strategy and Negotiations
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PSD2 and Open Banking
Management of bank mandates – eBAM – a lot of challenges
| 19-4-2017 | François de Witte | In the past, a bank mandate for a company was a fairly simple affair. There were panels of signatories (paper-based) and payments were controlled by the banks based upon the DOA (delegation of authority). However there remained a lot of risks: Many individuals at different levels […]
Flex Treasurer – Besparing na een treasury quick scan: Nog meer praktijkvoorbeelden
| 22-3-2017 | François de Witte | Patrick Kunz | Als je ondernemer bent of als financiële professional werkt in een kleine of middelgrote organisatie die geen treasurer of cash manager in dienst heeft, vraag je je wellicht af of je alle treasury taken wel goed geregeld hebt. Iemand aannemen voor deze taken gaat misschien […]
Treasury & amp; Working Capital Quick Scan Methodologie – Voorbeelden uit de praktijk
| 7-3-2017 | François de Witte | Patrick Kunz | treasuryXL Als je ondernemer bent of als financiële professional werkt in een kleine of middelgrote organisatie die geen treasurer of cash manager in dienst heeft, vraag je je wellicht soms af of je alle treasury taken wel goed geregeld hebt. Iemand aannemen voor deze […]
Working capital management : Some practical advice on the optimization of the Order to Cash Cycle
| 27-2-2017 | François de Witte | As mentioned in my article “Treasury : proposed “to do” list for 2017”, working capital management will remain a hot topic throughout the year. The first priority is to reduce the working capital needs and financial expenses by optimizing the Order to Cash cycle. In this article, […]
PSD 2 : The implementation of PSD 2: a lot of opportunities but also big challenges – Part II
| 1-2-2017 | François de Witte | After having examined the detailed measures of the PSD2 in my first article, in the 2nd part we will examine the impact of PSD 2 on the market. In order to help you read the text we will once more start with a list of abbreviations. LIST […]
PSD 2: a lot of opportunities but also big challenges (Part I)
| 26-1-2017 | François de Witte | The Directive 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market (hereinafter PSD2) was adopted by the European Parliament on October 8, 2015, and by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers on November 16, 2015. The PSD2 updates the first EU Payment Services Directive published in 2007 (PSD1), which laid […]