Peter de Coensel Becomes the new CEO DPAM

The board of directors of DPAM (Degroof Petercam Asset Management) has confirmed its decision to appoint Peter De Coensel – until now CIO Fixed Income and member of the management board and of DPAM’s board of directors - as Chief Executive Officer of DPAM. He succeeds Hugo Lasat, who takes up the role of CEO at the parent company Degroof Petercam and will -in his new capacity- also take up the role of chairman of DPAM’s Board of Directors.

As part of this evolution, Sam Vereecke, currently Senior Fund Manager Fixed Income, will take over Peter’s responsibilities as CIO Fixed Income. In anticipation of these events, we have organised teams to safeguard both the quality and continuity of our investment approach and strategies.

Peter De Coensel is a senior investment professional with 30 years of experience. He joined the company in 2009 as fund manager and has been till this day, CIO Fixed Income and member of DPAM’s Management Board and Board of Directors. Peter holds a master's degree in applied economic sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and a postgraduate degree from the University of Brussels (ULB), where he majored in European economics.

Sam Vereecke, CFA, a senior investment professional as well, has 23 years of experience and has also been part of the company since 2009 as a fixed income portfolio manager. He holds a master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Ghent (Belgium), a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Sussex (UK) and an MBA from the IESE business School (Spain).