FORTIS (BE) - FORTIS (BE) - Retirement appear of artisan of IT affiliation at Fortis Bank Belgium

Retirement appear of artisan of IT affiliation at Fortis Bank Belgium

Jean-Pierre Cardinael, Director of Fortis Bank, has today appear that he will abandon his administration and retire on 1 January 2006, accepting accomplished the age of 63. Jean-Pierre Cardinael began his career at ASLK in 1973.

Herman Verwilst, Chief Operating Officer van Fortis says: ´We acknowledge Jean-Pierre for his years of commitment, decidedly to our actual rapidly evolving IT activities. His addition as the artisan of the acknowledged affiliation of the IT systems of the above ASLK and Générale de Banque into Fortis Bank in 2001 apparent a anniversary in the bank´s history.´

Jean-Pierre Cardinael abutting ASLK as a computer specialist in 1973. After a career of 20 years, he took a bench on the Management Committee in 1993, with albatross for Human Resources, IT and Buildings. Following the affiliation with Générale de Banque in 1999, he was appointed a Director of Fortis Bank, with albatross for IT, Facilities and Purchasing.

Jean-Pierre Cardinael is a assistant at the Institut d´Informatique at the Notre-Dame de la Paix University in Namur.

Fortis is an chip banking casework provider breath in the fields of cyberbanking and insurance. With a bazaar assets of EUR 30.1 billion (31/08/2005) and about 55,000 employees, Fortis ranks in the top 20 of European banking institutions. In its home market, the Benelux countries, Fortis occupies a arch position which it aims to advance and bolster. Fortis is cartoon on the ability it has acquired in its home bazaar to apprehend its European ambitions via advance platforms. Fortis aswell operates auspiciously common in called activities. In specific countries in Europe and Asia it bigger exploits its ability and acquaintance in bancassurance. Fortis is listed on the exchanges of Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg and has a sponsored ADR programme in the United States. More advice is accessible on www.fortis.com


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