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KBC Group – who’s who in the Executive Committee, situation at 01 May 2014 Johan Thijs Group Chief Executive Officer °1965 Belgian Master’s Degree in Science (Applied Mathematics) and Actuarial Sciences (KU Leuven) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 1988 Career o 1988 Various actuary functions in life and non-life insurance, ABB Insurance o 1995 Head of non-life department, Limburg regional office, ABB Insurance o 1998 Provincial manager Limburg and Eastern Belgium, KBC Insurance o 2001 Senior General Manager non-life insurance, KBC Insurance o 2006 Member of the Management Committee of the Belgium Business Unit o 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group; CEO of the Belgium Business Unit o 2012 Group Chief Executive Officer Daniel Falque CEO of the Belgium Business Unit ° 1963 Belgian Master’s Degree in International Relations (Université catholique de Louvain) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 2009 Career o 1989 Production inspector at De Vaderlandsche insurance company o 1991 Various functions at Deutsche Bank AG (Belgium): credit analyst (1991) , Corporate Relationship Manager for SMEs (1991 - 1997), Vice-President responsible for Medium-Sized Enterprises (1997 - 1999), Director responsible for Large Corporations and Co-ordination Centres (1999 - 2001), Managing Director, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (2001 - 2004) o 2004 International position as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division in charge of Western & Eastern Europe and the Middle East. o 2009 President of the Executive Committee of CBC Banque and member of KBC Belgium Business Unit Management Committee o 2012 CEO of Belgium Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group; Member of the Board of Directors of KBC Bank & KBC Insurance Luc Gijsens CEO of the International Markets Business Unit ° 1953 Belgian Master’s Degree in Law (KU Leuven) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 1977 Career o 1977 Joined Kredietbank o 1978 Foreign Exchange Dealer, Kredietbank Brussels o 1981 Representative, Kredietbank Hong Kong o 1984 Branch manager, Kredietbank Bahrain branch o 1986 Agency Manager, Kredietbank Los Angeles o 1988 Account Manager, Kredietbank Antwerp Corporate Office o 1991 Assistant General Manager, Kredietbank Antwerp Corporate Office o 1994 General Manager, Kredietbank Antwerp Corporate Office o 2000 Senior General Manager, KBC Bank Investment Banking Directorate o 2001 Senior General Manager, KBC Bank Corporate and Institutional Banking Directorate, Belgium o 2003 Senior General Manager, KBC Bank Corporate and Institutional Banking Directorate o 2011 Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group; CEO Merchant Banking Business Unit o 2013 CEO International Product Factories Business Unit o 2014 CEO International Markets Business Unit John Hollows CEO Czech Republic Business Unit ° 1956 British Master’s Degree in Law and Economics (Cambridge University) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 1996 Career o 1978 Various functions in Barclays Bank in London and Taiwan o 1996 Head of commercial banking Hong Kong branch, Kredietbank o 1997 General manager of Shanghai branch, Kredietbank o 1999 General manager of Southeast-Asia offices, KBC Bank o 2003 CEO of K&H Bank in Hungary o 2006 Senior general manager of the Central and Eastern Europe banking division, KBC Group o 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group; CEO of the Central and Eastern Europe Business Unit o 2010 Group Chief Risk Officer o 2014 CEO Czech Republic Business Unit Luc Popelier Group Chief Financial Officer ° 1964 Belgian Master’s Degree in Applied Economics (UFSIA Antwerp) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 1988 Career o 1988 Various functions in corporate banking, Kredietbank o 1995 Associate Director Credit Risk Management, Warburg Dillen Read, London o 1996 Director Corporate Finance, Leveraged Finance Group, SBC Warburg o 1999 Executive Director Corporate Finance, KBC Securities o 2002 General manager Strategy and Expansion Division, KBC Group o 2008 General manager Trade Finance Division, KBC Bank o 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Asset Management o 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group; CEO of the market activities of the Merchant Banking Business Unit o 2011 Group Chief Financial Officer Christine Van Rijsseghem Group Chief Risk Officer ° 1962 Belgian Master’s Degree in Law (Ghent University) Joined KBC Group or its pre-merger entities in 1987 Career o 1987: University Graduates Team, Kredietbank o 1988: Central department Foreign Entities, Kredietbank (risk management and controlling) o 1992: Head of Central Department of Foreign Entities (incl. international acquisition o strategy) o 1994: Head of Credit department of Irish Intercontinental Bank (KBC subsidiary) o 1996: CEO KBC France (KBC branch) o 1999: CEO KBC London (KBC branch) o 2000: Senior General Manager Securities and Derivatives Processing Directorate o 2003: Senior General Manager Group Finance + CFO KBC Bank NV, KBC Verzekeringen NV and KBC Groep NV o 2014: Member of the Executive Committee of KBC Group (Chief Risk Officer) --- .