Bio

Hans Buysse is partner with more than 20 years banking and Corporate Finance experience. This includes buy side and sell side assignments, as well as MBO and IBO, within the energy & utilities sector, telecom, real estate and infrastructure. He has extensive experience in Structured Finance, Financial Restructuring, Strategic Advisory, Valuations and PPP. He was involved in most large Belgian PPP deals. He started his career at KU Leuven, as a research assistant, moved to Generale Bank in 1992 (Corporate Banking, Group Treasury (financial markets) and Central Credit Department). He cofounded the Corporate Finance division at Deloitte & Touche Belgium in 1997, worked as a partner for KPMG Corporate Finance up to 2007 and at NIBC Bank Belgium where he was head of Advisory. Hans is vice Chairman of the Belgian Association of Financial Analysts (www.abaf-bvfa.be). He is EFFAS Executive Management Committee member and Treasurer (www.effas.org) and XBRL International Board member. He is also member of the ESMA Corporate Reporting Standing Committee’s Consultative Working Group (www.esma.europa.eu) and was nominated Board member of EFRAG as of November 2014 onwards. He holds a master degree in Applied economics, specialized in finance, a master degree in management and a degree in Tax. He is a Certified European Financial Analyst (FSA accredited).