Prior to joining KBL epb, Lebegge served as a Brussels-based partner in the Financial Services Practice at Bain & Company, a global business consultancy. During his 15 years of service there, he led a range of large-scale transformation and integration programmes for leading banks in Europe and Latin America, working from the firm’s Amsterdam, Kiev, Paris and Sao Paulo offices.

In his new role, Lebegge will lead the coordination, monitoring and support of large-scale group projects. As head of the project management office, Lebegge and his team will play a steering role in both of these areas, among others, ensuring the long-term success of such projects across the group’s nine-country European footprint.

KBL epb recently reported a net profit of €41.9 million ($56.15 million) for the first half of 2013, up more than 300 per cent, compared to €9.7 million for the same period last year.