BNP Paribas Fortis

On 7 July, Koen and Hans, our experts, discussed with young graduates about the challenges of the coronavirus job market. During the chat session, they also shared tips and tricks to boost their chances of landing a job and best navigate this new labour market.

They received a lot of questions and couldn’t answer all of them in 30 minutes time. If your question was not tackled or if you have a new question for them, send us an email at [email protected]. We will get back to you.

About the speakers...

Koen De Leus

Koen is Chief Economist at BNP Paribas Fortis. He graduated in Commercial Science from the Saint Aloysius Economics High School (EHSAL). 

Working as an analyst for a daughter company of Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, he was from 1998 onwards closely involved in the design and calculation of European sector indices. 

From 2004 to January 2006 he was Chief Economist for Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, the company which publishes business daily newspaper De Tijd and investment journal De Belegger. 

From 2006 to July 2012, Koen served as a Market Strategist at Bolero, the online broker of KBC Securities, before moving over to take up the post of Senior Economist at the parent company KBC in August 2012. 

Since September 2016 he is Chief Economist at BNP Paribas Fortis. He is also a guest lecturer in ‘Behavioral Finance’ on the Investment Management programme at EHSAL Management School.

Hans Driesen

Hans is HR Business Partner at BNP Paribas Fortis. After his studies in Business Engineering and Work & Organisational Psychology, he started his career as a management trainee at Fortis back in 2007. 

He acted as project and team manager in the different HR departments of BNP Paribas Fortis such as Recruitment & Selection, Reward and Talent Management. 

In 2018, Hans took up the role of HR Business Partner within Corporate Banking.