Frederick Brees

About

Master in Finance and Economics, perfect trilingual, with twenty five years of experience in the insurance sector, including ten years as Chief Financial Officer in an international context, and fifteen years experience in ICT. With recognized capacities in team management and in projects coordination, with easy contact, very good communicator, methodical, hard worker, present on the field, empathic, open to changes, resisting to stress and possessing a federative and rewarding leadership style. Specialties: Team Management Project Management, Finance and Company strategies, Budgeting and forecasting, International reporting, Financial Processes, Support serrvices.

Experience

• Mentor at DUO for a JOB
  Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  Helping young people coming from outside the EU to find a job, a training or a traineeship in Belgium

• Young retired insurance executive with solid financial, IT and management background at None
  Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Director Corporate Services Finance, Administration & IT at HDI Global SE, Branch for Belgium
  Sep 2011 - Apr 2024 · 12 yrs 8 mos

  Member of the Executive Committee Responsible for Finance (general accounting (IFRS), treasury, technical accounting (receivables and payables), reinsurance accounting, insurance tax accounting, internal and group reporting), External Audit, ICT and Real Estate. Reporting to the Belgian Managing Director. In charge of a team of 10 employees. Member of the Board of Directors of HDI-Gerling Services NV

• Finance & Administration Manager Marine at Amlin Corporate Insurance N.V.
  Jul 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos

  Responsible for the finance and back office activities related to the Marine business for ACI in Belgium located in Antwerp.

• Aon Belgium (12 yrs 7 mos)
  • Chief Financial Officer
    Jun 1999 - Dec 2009 · 10 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for Finance (general accounting, treasury, customer technical accounting (receivables), third parties technical accounting (payables), internal and group reporting), ICT, Business Engineering, Real Estate and Administration. Reporting to the Belgian CEO and to the CFO EMEA. Director, member of the Belgian Executive Committee and Chairman of the Worker's council. In charge of a team of 40 employees.

  • Chief Information Officer
    Jun 1997 - Jun 1999 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for the delivery, the security and the integrity of the information systems for the Belgian entities. In charge of a team of 15 employees Development and follow up of the IT strategic plan Project management Elaboration and follow up of the IT budget Elaboration and follow up od the "Disaster Catastrophy Plan