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
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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
World Payments Report 2017
| 21-9-2017 | François de Witte | Each year, during the summer, Cap Gemini publishes with BNP Paribas the World Payments Report, aiming at providing a preview of the global payments landscape. In the following I present you a short summary with what I consider the main findings. If you want to access the full […]
PSD2 – Update and new developments
| 17-8-2017 | François de Witte | Early 2017, I published a post about PSD2, a lot of opportunities, but also big challenges. Now half a year later, I would like to update you on some developments in this area. PSD2 still needs to be transposed in the national legal system of all the member countries, […]
SEPA Instant Payments – a catalyst for new developments in the payments market (part I)
| 19-7-2017 | François de Witte | On 29 June 2017, I attended a workshop organized by Fintech Belgium on how Instant Payments will push the financial sector to innovate. In this article (the first part of 2) I will set the scene by presenting some use cases. In the second part (online next week) I […]
How long is your money tied up in stock?
| 7-7-2017 | François de Witte | You might visit this site, being a treasury professional with years of experience in the field. However you could also be a student or a businessman wanting to know more details on the subject, or a reader in general, eager to learn something new. The ‘Treasury for non-treasurers’ […]
From Fintech to Regtech… from potentially disruptive to leaner compliance opportunities
| 31-5-2017 | François de Witte | On 18/5/2017, I attended a seminar covering the topic “From Fintech to Regtech… from potentially disruptive to leaner compliance opportunities” organized by The Finance Club of Brussels, the Free University of Brussels (ULB), the Solvay Finance Society and Thomson Reuters. Introduction Fintech describes a wide range of innovation […]
Long term or short term debt – your choices
|18-5-2017 | François de Witte | You might visit this site, being a treasury professional with years of experience in the field. However you could also be a student or a businessman wanting to know more details on the subject, or a reader in general, eager to learn something new. The ‘Treasury for non-treasurers’ series is […]