Biography

Luc Bertrand is a non-executive Director of the Board of Directors of DEME Group NV since 29 June 2022. Luc Bertrand graduated in 1974 as a commercial engineer(KU Leuven). He began his career at Bankers Trust, as Vice-President and Regional Sales Manager, Northern Europe. He has been with Ackermans & van Haaren as a director since 1985, where he joined as financial directorin 1986 and was chairman of the Executive Committee from 1990 to 2016. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of Ackermans & van Haaren, CFE and SIPEF, and JM Finn and a director of Delen Private Bank, Bank J. Van Breda & C° (until 4 May 2023) and Verdant Bioscience. Mr. Bertrand has deep expertise in corporate governance and principles. Having served on various audit and risk committees, he is well-versed in risk management and internal control systems. Furthermore, he is a founding member of Guberna, a Belgian institute to stimulate good governance, and chairman ofits ‘board of trustees’. He is also chairman of the Duve Institute and Middelheim Promoters and member of several other boards of directors of non-profit associations and public institutions, such as Museum Mayer van den Bergh and Europalia.