Jean-Philip Vroninks starts his mandate as CEO of Befimmo

On 27 April, the General Meeting of Shareholders approved the appointment of Jean-Philip Vroninks as Executive Director. On 1 June 2021, he officially begins his mandate as CEO. He succeeds Benoît De Blieck, on whom he will be able to rely to ensure the transition and who will remain Non-Executive Director of Befimmo until the expiry of his mandate in April 2022.

The beginning of a new chapter

After being run by Benoît De Blieck for more than 21 years, Befimmo is now entering a new chapter in its history.

Jean-Philip Vroninks, future CEO of Befimmo, declares : “I am very happy to join Befimmo. Since my nomination, I have had the opportunity to meet many of my colleagues. It's an extraordinary company with solid foundations and a team of highly qualified professionals, the best in their field. I am ready to take on the challenges that the sector faces and to start, together with the whole team, this new page in the history of Befimmo. I will devote all my energy to establishing Befimmo as the benchmark real-estate company in Belgium and Luxembourg, in the interests of our customers, our employees and our shareholders.”

An extremely rich and varied career

After several years at Citibank in Brussels and KPMG in London, Jean-Philip joined the Capital Markets department of King Sturge in Belgium in 2003. In 2009, he was promoted to Managing Director and, after the merger of King Sturge and JLL in 2011, became the head of the Belux Capital Markets team. At the beginning of 2017, he became the Executive Director of JLL in Belgium and Luxembourg. Since 2020, he has also been Head of Capital Markets Benelux at JLL. Thanks to this career, Jean-Philip has built up a long experience in managing multidisciplinary teams in a service company. He has also managed various real-estate activities, including investment and development in Belgium and internationally. In addition, under his management, JLL Belux has followed an excellent growth path with a focus on the creation of new activities, customer development and digital transformation.

The Board warmly thanks Benoît De Blieck for his loyalty, his passionate commitment and his very important contribution to the development of the Company to which he has devoted a very large part of his career.