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Public limited companyfounded 1925active for 101 yearsResearchdreef 60, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium13 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0403.053.608
Summary

U C B has a registered holding activity and consists mainly of financial fixed assets; the bankruptcy model is trained on trading and manufacturing companies and does not apply here. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €9.16bn and a net result of €383.4m. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±1.2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 73% of 1,163 sector peers (NACE 82, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 1925 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Directors

Directors
15 directors, no change since 2026

Board 15

Jean-Christophe Tellier
Président du comité exécutif · since 01-03-2014 · Director · since 24-04-2014
Current
Cédric van Rijckevorsel
Director · since 24-04-2014
Current
Cyril Janssen
Director · since 30-04-2015
Current
Pierre Gurdjian
Independent director · since 28-04-2016
Current
Ulf Wiinberg
Independent director · since 28-04-2016
Current
Viviane Monges
Director · since 27-04-2017
Current
Jan Berger
Director · since 25-04-2019
Current
Charles-Antoine Janssen
Director · since 30-04-2020
Current
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Maëlys Castella
Director · since 05-06-2023
Current
Dolca Thomas
Independent director · since 28-05-2024
Current
Nefertiti Greene
Independent director · since 28-05-2024
Current
Stefaan Heylen
Director · since 02-07-2025
Current
Fiona Powrie
Director · since 01-01-2026
Current
Judy Brown
Lid van de raad van bestuur en voorzitster van het auditcomité · since 01-05-2026
Current
Current
15 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
Baron Jacobs (Georges)
Chair of the board · since 01-01-2005
Not recently confirmed
Alan Blinken
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
Baron Karel Boone
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
Guy Keutgen
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
Jean-Louis Vanherweghem
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
S.A.R. le Prince Lorenz
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
Z.K.H. Prins Lorenz
Independent director · since 26-06-2003
Not recently confirmed
DE DECKER ARMAND
Director · since 04-06-2008
Not recently confirmed
Karel BOONE
Independent director · since 30-04-2009
Not recently confirmed
Amoud de Pret
Director · since 28-04-2011
Not recently confirmed
Evelyn du Monceau
Director · since 28-04-2011
Not recently confirmed
Roch Doliveux
Director · since 27-04-2017
Not recently confirmed
Not recently confirmed
Not recently confirmed
Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 1

Jean-Christophe Tellier
Daily management delegate · since 24-04-2014
Not recently confirmed

Statutory auditor 1

Mazars Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises CVBA
Statutory auditor · since 28-05-2024 · permanent representative: Sébastien Schueremans
Current

Other functions 2

Maëlys Castella
Bestuurster · since 05-06-2023
Current
Jan Berger
Bestuurster
Current
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

62 people since 2003, 31 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Statutory auditor
  • Other function
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Charles-Antoine Janssen
  • Director, from 26-04-2012 to 02-06-2016
  • Director, since before 02-06-2016
Jean-Christophe Tellier
  • Président du comité exécutif, from 01-03-2014 not ended, last confirmed 24-07-2014
  • Executive director, from 24-04-2014 to date
  • Daily management delegate, from 24-04-2014 not ended, last confirmed 24-07-2014
Cédric van Rijckevorsel
  • Director, from 24-04-2014 to date
Cyril Janssen
  • Director, from 30-04-2015 to date
Pierre Gurdjian
  • Director, from 28-04-2016 to date
Ulf Wiinberg
  • Director, from 28-04-2016 to date
Viviane Monges
  • Director, from 27-04-2017 to date
Jan Berger
  • Independent director, from 25-04-2019 to date
  • Bestuurster, since before 05-06-2023
Jonathan Peacock
  • Director, from 29-04-2021 to date
  • Chair, from 09-03-2023 ended, last mentioned 05-06-2023
Maëlys Castella
  • Director, from 05-06-2023 to date
  • Bestuurster, from 05-06-2023 to date
Dolca Thomas
  • Independent director, from 28-05-2024 to date
Nefertiti Greene
  • Independent director, from 28-05-2024 to date
Stefaan Heylen
  • Director, from 02-07-2025 to date
Fiona Powrie
  • Director, from 01-01-2026 to date
Judy Brown
  • Lid van de raad van bestuur en voorzitster van het auditcomité, from 01-05-2026 to date
Mazars Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises CVBA
  • Statutory auditor, from 28-05-2024 to date
Alan Blinken
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Baron Daniel Janssen
  • Director, from before 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Baron Karel Boone
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Guy Keutgen
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Jean-Louis Vanherweghem
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
S.A.R. le Prince Lorenz
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Z.K.H. Prins Lorenz
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 not ended, last confirmed 26-06-2003
Baron Jacobs (Georges)
  • Président du comité exécutif, until 31-12-2004
  • Voorzitter van het uitvoerend comité, until 01-01-2005
  • Chair of the board, from 01-01-2005 not ended, last confirmed 07-02-2005
DE DECKER ARMAND
  • Director, from 04-06-2008 not ended, last confirmed 04-06-2008
Evelyn du Monceau
  • Director, from before 04-06-2008 not ended, last confirmed 12-06-2015
Jean van Rijckevorsel
  • Director, from before 04-06-2008 not ended, last confirmed 04-06-2008
Karel BOONE
  • Independent director, from before 30-04-2009 not ended, last confirmed 08-06-2009
Amoud de Pret
  • Director, from before 28-04-2011 not ended, last confirmed 01-06-2011
Roch Doliveux
  • Président du comité exécutif, until 01-03-2014
  • Director, until 31-12-2014
  • Director, until 31-12-2014
  • Dagselijks bestuurder, until 31-12-2014
  • Daily management delegate, until 31-12-2014
  • Day-to-day manager, until 31-12-2014
  • Daily management delegate, until 31-12-2014
  • Director, from 27-04-2017 not ended, last confirmed 30-05-2017
Cyril Janssen de la Boëssière-Thiennes
  • Director, from before 31-05-2019 not ended, last confirmed 31-05-2019
Kay Davies
  • Director, from 24-04-2014 to 13-07-2026
Rodolfo Savitzky
  • Independent director, from 28-05-2024 to 13-07-2026
  • Director, until 13-07-2026
Susan Gasser
  • Administrateur indépendant coopté, from 01-01-2021 to 02-07-2025
Albrecht De Graeve
  • Director, from 29-04-2010 to 30-05-2017
  • Director, from before 29-04-2021 to 28-05-2024
  • Director, until 28-05-2024
Forvis Mazars Réviseurs d’Entreprises
  • Statutory auditor, from 01-07-2021 to 28-05-2024
FionadeHemptinne(geborenduMonceaudeBergendal)
  • Director, until 16-04-2024
Fiona de Hemptinne
  • Director, from 29-04-2021 to 12-03-2024
Fiona du Monceau
  • Vice présidente du conseil d'administration et présidente du gncc, until 12-03-2024
  • Vice voorzitster van de raad van bestuur en voorzitster van het gncc, until 12-03-2024
  • Vice voorzitster van de raad van bestuur en voorzitster van het gncc, until 12-03-2024
Stefan Oschmann
  • Director, from 29-04-2021 to 13-12-2022
  • Member and chair of the board, until 13-12-2022
  • Membre et président du conseil, until 13-12-2022
  • Member and chair of the board, until 13-12-2022
Evelyn du Monceau de Bergendal
  • Director, from before 31-05-2019 to 29-04-2021
  • Director, until 05-07-2021
Frédéric Roch Doliveux
  • Voorzitter van het uitvoerend comité, from 01-01-2005 ended, last mentioned 07-02-2005
  • Director, from before 29-04-2010 to 21-05-2010
  • Director, from before 25-04-2013 to 29-04-2021
  • Director, until 05-07-2021
SCCRL PwC Réviseurs d'Entreprises
  • Statutory auditor, from 08-06-2009 to 01-07-2021
Alice Dautry (geboren Varsat)
  • Director, until 30-03-2021
Alice Dautry
  • Director, from 30-04-2015 to 31-12-2020
Norman J. Ornstein
  • Director, from 04-06-2008 to 31-05-2019
  • Director, until 31-05-2019
Gerhard Mayr
  • Director, from before 04-06-2008 to 30-05-2017
  • Director, until 30-05-2017
Harriet Edelman
  • Director, from 26-04-2012 to 02-06-2016
  • Director, from before 02-06-2016 to 30-05-2017
  • Director, until 30-05-2017
Tom McKillop
  • Director, from before 26-04-2012 to 02-06-2016
  • Director, until 02-06-2016
Arnoud de Pret
  • Director, from before 04-06-2008 to 30-04-2015
  • Director, until 30-04-2015
Jean-Pierre Kinet
  • Director, from 04-06-2008 to 30-04-2015
  • Director, until 30-04-2015
Bridget van Rijckevorsel
  • Director, from before 28-04-2011 to 12-06-2014
  • Director, until 12-06-2014
Peter Feliner
  • Director, until 12-06-2014
Peter Fellner
  • Director, from before 04-06-2008 to 12-06-2014
Gaétan van de Werve
  • Director, from before 30-04-2009 to 26-04-2012
  • Director, until 26-04-2012
Thomas Leysen
  • Director, from 01-01-2009 to 26-04-2012
  • Director, until 26-04-2012
Alexander Van Damme
  • Director, until 15-03-2012
Alexandre Van Damme
  • Director, from 29-04-2010 to 15-03-2012
Emmanuèle Attout
  • Statutory auditor, from 26-06-2003 to 08-06-2009
Patrick Schwarz-Schütte
  • Director, until 30-04-2009
  • Director, until 30-04-2009
Mark Eyskens
  • Independent director, from 26-06-2003 to 07-02-2005
  • Chair of the board, until 31-12-2004
  • Chair of the board, until 01-01-2005
  • Director, until 07-02-2005
Daniël Van Woensel
  • Statutory auditor, until 26-06-2003
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Owners and capital

Owners

1 owner

Owners 1

According to the 2025 annual accounts of U C B and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Capital over the years
  1. 16-05-2014 Capital increase · to €583,516,974
  2. 31-03-2014 Capital increase · to €565,623,627
  3. 08-07-2013 Capital increase · to €550,281,456
  4. 27-03-2013 Capital stated in the deed · €550,252,056
  5. 12-02-2007 Capital increase · to €544,538,304
  6. 27-03-2006 Capital increase · to €437,842,500