Renaud Bertrand SIMONS became CEO & Country Manager of Fortis Bank Italy in 2000 where he developed from scratch different businesses such as Commercial Banking, Leasing, Factoring, Merchant Bank, Private Banking, Asset Management.
In July 2010 he joined GE Capital group as Chief Commercial Officer of GE Capital Italy, taking on the full responsibility for the implementation of the commercial strategy and the management of the sales teams for all business lines.
From September 2014 to March 2016 Renaud was in charge of leading the cross-border commercial development of GE Capital International for France, Italy, Iberia & Benelux.
In July 2015 he was appointed as CEO of GE Capital Finance Italy, the receivable finance/factoring business of GE Capital Italy group. After the acquisition of GE Capital Italy platform by local Banca IFIS, he left the new group early 2017.
Currently, Renaud is Executive Director of Mitigram, a Swedish digital Trade Finance platform and is also an independent business consultant involved in various projects such as Italian NPL’s, M&A, receivable finance, corporate debt and general consulting.
Renaud is the official advisor for Economic and Foreign Trade matters of the Belgian Embassy in Rome.
Dr Renaud Simons has joined our Global Alliance in Italy as Consulting Professional, adding special value to our Global Alliance in more than 100 countries.