Since March 2007 Jan is Member of the Executive Committee & Managing Director - Head of Institutional Portfolio Management - Chairman of the Board with Degroof Fund Management Cy nv/sa.

Jan joined Bank Degroof in October 1992 as Portfolio and Relationship Manager. In september 2001 he became Head of Institutional Portfolio Management. In 2003 he was appointed Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee with Degroof Institutional Asset Management nv.

Prior to joining Degroof, Jan worked with BACOB and ANHYP.

Academic background
1997: Certified Financial Analyst (European degree)
1993: Institut de Finance et de Cambisme International (Brussels)
1988: Bachelor in Commercial and Economic Sciences, VLEKHO Brussels

For many years Jan has been a visiting lecturer in Financial Analysis and Valuation at the Vlekho and Ehsal business schools.

Jan Leroy is CFA, Fund Manager European Equities with Petercam Equities Euroland & Europe & Europe Ethical

He started his career in 1997 with the Generale Bank as management trainee.

In 1999, Jan switched to Petercam, starting as asset manager for private clientele.

In 2001 he joined the institutional equity management team as junior portfolio manager.

Since January 2003 Jan is institutional portfolio manager, responsible for Petercam Equities Europe, Euroland and Petercam Equities Europe Ethical

Jan studied Applied Economics at the Universiteit Gent and holds a degree in  in Financial Analysis from ABAF (Belgian Association of Financial Analysts).

Frédéric is a senior associate in Mercer’s investment consulting business.

Located in Paris, he is involved in advising clients on a wide range of issues, including asset-liability modelling and asset mix decisions.  He also has specific manager research responsibilities. 

Frédéric has twelve years of experience within the banking and investment industry.

Prior to joining Mercer, he worked for IXIS Asset Management as a portfolio strategist. Before this, he worked for Crédit Lyonnais, on various activities, and as a portfolio manager in the asset management subsidiary. 

As a Senior Actuary, Benoît Terwagne is responsible for the full administration of pension plan schemes (pension fund, group insurance and flexible benefit schemes).

Benoît also provides specialist advise to Belgian and Luxembourg based companies on new plan designs and compliance with accounting standards (FAS-IAS). He is also involved in due diligence projects in the event of mergers and acquisitions.

Other responsibilities include assisting in the preparation of Mercer’s annual Pension Investment Performance Report and Asset Liability Modelling, (the latter in collaboration with the London Investment Consulting office).