Lambertus Johannes Carolus Maria "Bart" Le Blanc (born 4 November 1946,

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

) is a Dutch economist, with a career spanning the sectors of

public finance Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achiev ...

banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Becau ...

and asset management. He is one of the founding partners of Andreas Capital S.A a Luxembourg-based asset management company. Since 1 January 2015 he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the APG Group (€400 billion pension funds service provider/asset manager). He is Chairman of the Investment Committee of the United Nations, office for project services UNOPS.

Education

Bart Le Blanc graduated from the

University of Tilburg Tilburg University is a public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands. Tilburg University has ...

with a Masters in Economic Sciences in 1971. He obtained a PhD in Law from the University of Leyden in 1979.

Career

Bart Le Blanc's first professional position was at the Office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, first as a junior adviser for social and economic affairs followed by an appointment as deputy secretary of the

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...

. In 1979 he was appointed deputy Director-General for the Civil Service at the Ministry of Interior. In 1980 this was followed by his appointment as Director-General of the Budget at the Ministry of Finance. In 1983 Bart Le Blanc moved to the financial sector taking up a Board position at F. van Lanschot Bankiers N.V., a

private bank Private banks are banks owned by either the individual or a general Partner (business rank), partner(s) with limited partner(s). Private banks are not incorporation (business), incorporated. In any such case, creditors can look to both the "enti ...

in the Netherlands, where he was appointed deputy chairman of the executive board in 1989. When at the end of the 1990s the

Soviet system The political system of the Soviet Union took place in a federal single-party soviet socialist republic framework which was characterized by the superior role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the only party permitted by the C ...

collapsed and the international community came together to provide (financial) support for the transition of the former Soviet states to

market economies A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution to the consumers are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand, where all suppliers and consumers are ...

, he was asked to participate in the preparatory team for the establishment of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. He took up the role of the EBRD's first Secretary-General and member of the Executive Committee in April 1991. In 1994 Bart Le Blanc was appointed the Bank's Vice-President Finance (CFO). In September 1994 Bart Le Blanc left the E.B.R.D to join La Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in Paris as Director of International Finance, and President of CDC's

project financing Project finance is the long-term financing of infrastructure and industrial projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project rather than the balance sheets of its sponsors. Usually, a project financing structure involves a number of eq ...

vehicle. In 2004 Bart Le Blanc moved from the

financial sector Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, accountancy companies, ...

into

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. He was appointed to the Executive Board and CFO of URENCO Ltd., the market leader in fuel for

nuclear power station A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces ele ...

s through the enrichment of

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

. He retired from this position on 1 April 2011 handing over his responsibilities to Friso van Oranje who previously worked at

McKinsey McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

and Goldman Sachs. Between 2003 and 2014 Bart Le Blanc was a member of the Board of the €330 billion civil service pension fund ABP in the Netherlands. He currently is a non-executive director of Enrichment Technology Nederland in Almelo, the Netherlands. In July 2014 he joined the Board of APG, the Dutch pension fund service provider managing more than €400 billion of pension assets. On 1 January 2015 he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He also sits on the recently established Investment Committee of the United Nations, Office for Project Services (UNOPS), headquartered in Copenhagen. In April 2010 he co-founded Andreas Capital S.A. in Luxembourg and is one of its senior partners
Andreas Capital
is an initiative of several senior finance professionals offering investment advisory services by adapting approaches and tools designed for institutional investors for private and family wealth. They currently service around 50 private individuals and families in northern Europe.

Decorations

* Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1986)

Personal life

Bart Le Blanc lives in Henley-on-Thames, the UK. He is married to Gerardine van Lanschot.

References

External links

UNOPS

Andreas Capital

VICE PRESIDENT BART LE BLANC TO LEAVE EBRD

CFO: current global financial crisis and URENCO

Minister Vermeend benoemt bestuurders bij KLIQ en Centra Vakopleiding
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