Benjamin started his career in 2003 at GlaxoSmithkline Biologicals as Credit & Treasury Assistant Manager.
He then worked from 2005 until 2015 for PwC Belgium where he was involved in auditing large and medium size companies in various industries (payment, retail & distribution, manufacturing and services). From the Summer of 2015 until the Summer of 2017, Benjamin worked for PwC in San Jose, California, where he was responsible for auditing large and medium size Technology & Information companies and was also involved in an advisory/M&A mission for a couple of months. Upon his return to Belgium, Benjamin continued auditing large and medium size companies mainly in pharmaceutical/chemical, retail & distribution and real estate/hospitality sectors as group and/or component auditor reporting under USGAAP, IFRS and Belgian GAAP.
In 2019, Benjamin joined ALD Belgium, as General Secretary, where he built his own team from the ground up to implement in short period of time a Compliance and Risk Management program at the BeLux level in connection with EU banking standards. As member of Executive Committee of ALD Belgium (+/- 320 FTEs) and Luxembourg (+/- 120 FTEs), he was leading the following domains: legal/privacy, internal control, operational risks, business continuity management, audit, information security, compliance and credit risks.
Further to the integration of LeasePlan by ALD in May 2023, Ayvens united the two companies together under a single common identity (Belgium +/- 600 FTEs and Luxembourg +/- 130 FTEs). Benjamin was appointed Risk & Compliance Director at BeLux Level and was confirmed in his senior management team of Ayvens managing a team of more than 20 FTEs with the main objective to implement two separate risk lines of defenses (LOD1-LOD2) in accordance with the ECB requirements. As part of LeasePlan merger with ALD started in January 2022, he was appointed Integration leader for the following streams: structuring (including finance and tax), legal, credit, compliance, internal control and audit.
Benjamin has a deep knowledge and experience in Finance (Credit, Accounting, Reporting and M&A in USGAAP, IFRS and Belgian GAAP), Governance, Compliance, and Risk management (Legal, Privacy, Internal Control, Audit, Information Security, Operational Risks-, and Business Continuity management).
He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Finance from the Facultés Universitaire Catholique de Mons (FUCAM).
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