Bio

Bart Collier is a founding partner of Kumulus. Bart started his career with Bank Degroof in 2004 as Asset Manager in its Private Banking division. After developing his client portfolio in the Independent Professionals and UHNWI segment, he joined Degroof Corporate Finance in 2010. He remained with Degroof Petercam Corporate Finance as Senior Manager until the founding of Kumulus in June 2018. Bart has advised on numerous M&A transactions such as – most recently – the sale of Marelec to Duravant, the sale of Touring to AG Insurance and BNP Paribas Fortis, the sale of Groep Autoveiligheid to AG Insurance, the sale of Vincent Logistics to Groupe Berto, the sale of Smartschool (to Cegeka), the capital raising of Dentius, the sale of Group A (Belisol and KwadrO) in an MBO transaction, the sale of Prodata (to NRB), the sale of Grandeco (to Down2Earth), the sale of Trustteam (to Ardian), the sale of Vio (to Down2Earth and later on to SD Worx), the sale of Medialaan (to De Persgroep), the acquisition of Mediafin (by Roularta) and the acquisition of Zuidnatie (by Paul Feys). Bart holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the University of Antwerp (UA).