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Fortis N.V.

FORA is in the Financial Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$114.3B
  • Public
  • NL
Dow Jones Description

Fortify your investment! Fortis N.V (Euronet Ams: FORA) founded in 1990, provides banking, insurance and investment management services .With a revenue of $83 billion, it is one of the twenty largest financial institutions in Europe. Based in Utrecht, it employs 57,000 people. Its operations include network, commercial, and merchant banking; and its insurance products include life, health, and property/casualty lines and others. It has a presence in 44 countries and has a market capitalisation of EUR 39 billion. The company was rated number six in the top-50 best-performing European enterprises in the June 2005 issue of Business Week

Number of Employees 57,088
Contact Information

Archimedeslaan 6

Utrecht

www.fortis.com

(31) 30 257 6576

NAICS Code Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities: 523991

News & Analysis

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  • Latest Fortis bid may be third time lucky

    - 2009-03-09

    The plan may finally win Fortis shareholder support THE LATEST proposals for BNP Paribas to buy the ailing Fortis banking operations could prove to be third time lucky in securing shareholder approval. The new package put together by the Belgian government raises the net asset...

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  • EUROPEAN UNION

    - 2009-01-14

    Stock markets Shares fell 1.5 per cent as investor concern intensified about the scale of the economic slowdown, with financials leading indices lower. But Fortis rose nearly 18 per cent on market talk that Belgium's government was set to buy the rest of the troubled financial services...

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  • Belgian government offers to resign

    - 2008-12-20

    BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered the resignation of his entire government Friday over allegations it sought to interfere with a court case on the Fortis bank bailout. Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen resigned earlier Friday after Belgium's highest court said the government had tried last...

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  • Belgian gov't pumps 3.5bln euros into KBC bank

    - 2008-10-27

    BRUSSELS AFP — KBC became the latest Belgian bank to get its capital shored up by the Belgian state which pumped 3.5 billion euros (4.4 billion dollars) into the group on Monday after a share slump. After riding to the rescue rival banks Fortis and Dexia earlier this month,...

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  • Tennis: Jankovic to end season on top

    - 2008-10-26

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. AP -- Jelena Jankovic of Serbia will end the season at No. 1, outlasting four other players who held the top ranking during the year. Jankovic's 4,555 points give her a commanding lead over Dinara Safina (3,782) and Serena Williams (3,716). She will retain the...

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  • Fortis shareholders to sue company bosses in Dutch court

    - 2008-10-16

    THE HAGUE AFP — Shareholders of former Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis, now dismantled and part-nationalised, are to sue three former company bosses in a Netherlands court for fraud, their lawyer told AFP Thursday. The shareholders have appointed a firm of advocates in Amsterdam to represent their claim against former...

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  • Fortis shares resume trading down over 60%

    - 2008-10-14

    BRUSSELS AFP — Shares in Fortis bank were worth barely two euros when they resumed trading Tuesday for the first time since the group was broken up earlier this month, down over 60 percent from the previous closing price. Fortis shares have not traded since Friday October 3, just...

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  • Shareholders threaten legal action over Fortis bailout deal

    - 2008-10-06

    BRUSSELS AFP — Fortis shareholders on Monday mulled legal action after French bank BNP Paribas agreed a deal with the Belgian and Luxembourg governments to carve up the troubled finance group. "It is an outrage that management, at a time where more than 80 percent of the value of...

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  • Germany and Denmark to guarantee all savings

    - 2008-10-06

    * Germany's second-biggest lender in EUR 50bn salvage plan * BNP Paribas to take a majority share in Fortis GERMANY sent shockwaves through the European financial system yesterday when Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her government would guarantee all private savings accounts with immediate effect. ...

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  • Belgian PM talking to private groups about Fortis stake

    - 2008-10-05

    BRUSSELS, AFP — Belgium's prime minister said Sunday that he was in talks with private groups on the future of the troubled Fortis financial group and that there would be an announcement "within hours". Over the weekend the Belgian government has been mulling the future of Fortis, amid speculation...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Alain Deschenes CIO
Gilbert Mittler CFO
Jean-Pierre Cardinael CTO
Joop Feilzer Chief, Institutional Relations
Antonio Nanez Vice President, Global Commodity Group
Jos Clijsters
Paul Votron
Stad Rotterdam

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Annemieke Roobeek Board of Directors
Baron Daniel Janssen Board of Directors
Baron Philippe Bodson Board of Directors
Baron Piet Van Waeyenberge Board of Directors
Daniel Janssen Board of Directors
Jacques Manardo Board of Directors
Jan Slechte Vice Chairman
Jan-Michiel Hessels Board of Directors
Klaas Westdijk Board of Directors
Philippe Bodson Board of Directors
Piet Van Waeyenberge Board of Directors
Rana Talwar Board of Directors
Richard Delbridge Board of Directors
Ron Sandler Board of Directors

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Fortis N.V. CIO Current

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Fortis N.V. CFO Current
CaiFor, S.A. Board of Directors Current
Fortis, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Fortis, Inc. Director of Fortis Group Finance & Development and Secretary Former
Fortis, Inc. member Former

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Fortis N.V. CTO Current

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Fortis N.V. Chief, Institutional Relations Current
Fortis Investment Management Belgium SA Chairman Former

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Fortis N.V. Vice President, Global Commodity Group Current

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Fortis N.V. Current
Fortis, Inc. Former
The Catholic University of America Masters degree in applied economics Former

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Fortis N.V. Current
Fortis, Inc. CEO Former
ABN AMRO Holding N.V. Senior Executive Vice President International Consumer Banking Former
Citigroup Inc. member Former
Fortis, Inc. member Former

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Fortis N.V. Current
Aegon manager for marketing Former
Fortis, Inc. member Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
UCB, S.A. Deputy Chairman Former
UCB, S.A. Board of Directors Former
Harvard University MBA Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
Fortis, Inc. member Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
INSEAD MBA Former
University of Illinois Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Former

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Fortis N.V. Vice Chairman Current
Fortis N.V. Vice Chairman Current

Mr. Hessels, age 66, is the chairman of the NYSE Euronext Board of Directors. He served as chairman of the supervisory board of Euronext since its creation in September 2000 until the merger of Euronext and NYSE Group. Before that, he was a member of the supervisory board of Amsterdam Exchange since its creation in 1997. He was the chief executive officer of Royal Vendex KBB from 1990 to 2000, and served on the supervisory boards of Royal Vopak N.V. (the Netherlands ) from 1999 to 2005, Laurus N.V. (the Netherlands ) from 1998 to 2004, B&N.com Inc. from 1999 to 2003 and Schiphol Group N.V. (the Netherlands ) from 1993 to May 2006. Mr. Hessels is the chairman of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. (the Netherlands ) and SC Johnson Europlant N.V. (the Netherlands ), and deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Fortis N.V. (the Netherlands/Belgium), and serves on the boards of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. (a subsidiary of Euronext), and Heineken N.V. (the Netherlands ). Mr. Hessels also serves on the international advisory board of SC John son Corporation. In addition, he chairs the board of the Netherlands Committee for Economic Policy Analysis.

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NYSE Euronext Chairman Current
Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
Euronext NV Chairman Former
The London School of Economics Master of Law Former
Morgan Stanley Member Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
University of Utrecht Master's degree in Law Former
University of Chicago Master's degrees in Law and Business Administration Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current

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Standard Chartered plc Group Chief Executive Current
Fortis, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
Kelley School of Business Bloomington Member , Governing Body Current
Standard Chartered plc Group Executive Director Former
Schlumberger Limited Chairman of Sabre Capital Worldwide Inc. Former
Schlumberger Limited Director Former

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Fortis N.V. Board of Directors Current
HSBC Holdings plc Group Finance Director Former
University of California, Berkeley MBA Former

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Oxygen Insurance Chairman of Computacenter Plc Current
Fortis, Inc. Director Current
Ironshore Technical Services, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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Palamon Capital Partners, LP Chairman of Computacenter, Oxygen Former
Stanford University MBA Former
Cambridge University MA in engineering Former
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