Benoît Legrand

Board Member | Advisor | Coaching | CEO | Innovation | Private Equity | Venture Capital | Digital Transformation

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Setting the bar high for myself and my team, I help leaders and companies of different sizes succeeding in their growth and transformation challenges, especially when being complex, digital and cross-border. Belgian and based in France for more than 10 years, I lived in 8 different countries and speak 5 languages. Curious, adaptable and decided I perform most effectively in multicultural, changing and diverse environments. Convinced that the difference is made by genuinely putting people, whether employee or customer, at the heart of the company, I operate with integrity, courage and humility. I take my responsibilities, saying what I do and doing what I say.

Experience

  • CREADEV - Creating for People (Permanent · 4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Chairman of the Board and the Investment Committee
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Member of the Supervisory Board / Member of the Investment Committee
      Jun 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs

  • Member of the Supervisory Board at Voltalia
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • ING (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Chief Innovation Officer
      Jan 2018 - Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      - Reporting to Group CEO - Setting up and deploying Innovation throughout ING to deliver tangible impact on the bank’s performance through incremental and disruptive innovations - Awarded « Most Innovative Bank in Western Europe” by Global Finance in 2020

    • CEO, ING Ventures
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Setting up and deploying ING's 300 million EUR Venture Capital arm Invested in 31 fintechs worldwide

    • Global Head of FinTech
      Oct 2015 - Jan 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Identifying and setting up more than 200 fintech partnerships

  • Board Member at Payconiq
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Board Member at Fintonic
    Jun 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos