Francois de Witte

Founder & Senior Consultant at FDW Consult; Managing Director and CFO at SafeTrade Holding S.A.

After having worked for more than 30 years in banking, François launched his own consultancy activity, FDW Consult, specialized in finance and treasury consulting. From 2014 to 2016, he was also Solution Partner Treasury & Finance at USG Professionals. Since then he took up several assignments, including one in the automotive sector with Ginion Group and with Ibanity, part of Isabel Group in the area of PSD2 and open banking.

Since April 2018, he is also Managing Director and CFO of SafeTrade Holding S.A., a start-up providing solutions in the Pan European B2B sale of used cars (www.safecartrade.com).

Key areas of expertise: International Cash management, treasury organization; working capital management, financing, structured finance; advisory; banking relationship, strategy and negotiations; PSD2 and open banking.

François is also lecturer of the course “Treasury Products and Banking Relations” in the Master program “Finance and Treasury” at the University of Lille 2, at the Treasury Courses at the  Vlerick Business School, at Febelfin Academy and at SBM Opleidingen.

François has a master degree both in Law and Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.