About Argenta

Peter Devlies joined Argenta in January 2023 as Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Board and the chair of the Executive Committees of Argenta Spaarbank nv, Argenta Assuranties nv and Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep nv. His responsibilities comprise Internal Audit, Human Resources, Legal Affairs, Transformation, Argenta Branch Netherlands and Argenta Asset Management Luxembourg.

Peter Devlies holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a Master in Commercial Engineering from KULeuven.

Previously, he held various positions at McKinsey, Dexia Bank Belgium, Bank J. Van Breda & C° en ABK bank.  From December 2016 till December 2021 , Peter was CEO, Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors  of AXA Bank Belgium. 

Geert Ameloot joined Argenta in June 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. He is a member of the Board and of the Executive Committees of Argenta Spaarbank nv, Argenta Assuranties nv and Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep nv. His responsibilities comprise the finance functions Accounting & Reporting, Treasury & Investment, Financial Management and Procurement & Facilities.

He began his professional career in 1989 with New Holland in audit and commercial finance roles. He joined General Electric’s Power Controls division in 1992 in a financial reporting role and took on a pan-European programs finance role in 1994.

Geert joined GE Capital in 1998 as CFO of GE Capital Fleet Services in Germany and Switzerland, becoming subsequently CFO of GE Money Bank in Switzerland in 2000. Between 2004 and 2011, he worked in GE Corporate Treasury as the Managing Director European Funding Operation, ensuring the short term funding of GE’s European entities as well as supporting GE’s fixed income investor relations and central bank relations activities in Europe.

Gert Wauters joined Argenta in July 2010 as Chief Risk Officer. He is a member of the Board and of the Executive Committees of Argenta Spaarbank nv, Argenta Assuranties nv and Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep nv. His responsibilities comprise: Risk & Validation, Compliance & Integrity, Actuarial Services, Credit Risk Retail, Operational Risk Management and Supervisory Office.

He began his professional career in 1989 in Bacob Bank’s international department, where he developed the bank’s funding programs. Later he became head of structured products, switching in 1993 to head of Asset and Liability Management. In 1996 he became director of capital markets.

In 2003 he became a director of risk management, first at the level of Dexia Bank Belgium in charge of credit risk and in 2006 at the level of Dexia Group as head of market risk and thereafter as head of transversal risk.

Ann Brands became Argenta’s Chief Operations Officer (COO) in November 2016. She is a member of the Board and of the Executive Committees of Argenta Spaarbank nv and Argenta Assuranties nv. Her responsibilities as COO comprise Banking, Savings & Investing, Lending, Insurance, Client Management and Process Excellence.

Ann has been active in the financial sector since 1987, first at Aegon Belgium, followed by Delphi Insurance. In 1999 she joined KBC where she went on to occupy various positions, from Head of Claims Department Antwerp to Head of process management Non Life Claims and later to Expert Project manager PMO (Program management office). In 2012 she joined Fidea Insurance. As General Manager IT & Organisation, she was responsible for long term strategy and budget, contract negotiations, infrastructure, software maintenance, project portfolio, process organization and business intelligence.