Bio

Henk Vivile is chairman and founding partner of Kumulus. After a career start in audit and corporate finance with Price Waterhouse in Brussels and the UK, Henk joined the investment banking team of Bank Degroof in 1997. He remained with Degroof Petercam for over 20 years and became managing director and Head of M&A of Degroof Petercam Corporate Finance. Henk has been in charge of a wide range of M&A transactions such as the acquisition of a minority stake in SD Worx by CVC, the sale of Veldeman to IK Partners, the sale of VK architects+engineers to Sweco, the sale of Marelec to Duravant, the sale of LS Bedding to Waterland, the sale of Incendin to Straco, the sale of Sipwell to Primo Water Corp, the acquisition of Ceres Pharma by Naxicap, the sale of Smartschool (to Cegeka), the sale of Alro Group (to Gimv), the family buyout of the Verhelst Group, the sale of Trustteam (to Ardian), the sale of Vio (to Down2Earth and later on to SD Worx), the acquisition of Meneba (by Dossche Mills), the sale of a minority stake of Cegeka (to Gimv), the sale of Gemaco (to capiton), the acquisition of VCST (by BMT), the sale of Fabrelac (to Friesland Campina), the merger between Corelio and Concentra, the acquisition of MGL (by Concentra), the sale of Utopolis (to Kinepolis), the sale of Family Services (to Primavista), the acquisition of Vemedia (by IK Investment Partners), and many more. Henk holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from Solvay Business School and a degree in Tax from Fiscale Hogeschool Brussels.