Vincent Van Dessel

Chairman and CEO Euronext Brussels

Member of the Management Board Euronext NV.

Since September 2009 he has been appointed Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels and a member of the Management Board of the Euronext Group.

He started his career as a stockbroker in 1984 to 1992.

He joined the Brussels Stock Exchange in 1992 as director of Markets and Listing and later became a member of the management committee of the Brussels Stock Exchange.

Upon the merger of the Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels stock exchanges to form Euronext in September 2000, he became a member of the Group's Executive Committee and responsible for market surveillance.

From January 2000 to June 2003, he was also Chairman of the Market Authority of the Brussels Stock Exchange, responsible for the admission of members, the admission to listing and the supervision of the markets.

Between 2003 and 2009 he was general manager of Euronext Brussels.

He holds a master's degree in Applied Economics from the K.U.Leuven and is also a regular guest lecturer at various universities, including the K.U.Leuven, HEC Liège, Louvain School of Management and Paris Sorbonne.