Pierre Hermant at the head of finance.brussels

The former boss of the Salon de l'auto was appointed by the Brussels government to succeed Serge Vilain at the direction of the SRIB. He will take office on August 1.

The decision came a little earlier than expected. On Thursday, the Brussels government decided to appoint Pierre Hermant to the management of SRIB, the financial arm for the support of companies in the Brussels Region renamed finance.brussels . His historical boss, Serge Vilain, will retire on July 31, announced the Minister of Economy Didier Gosuin (DéFI) after the meeting of the government. The new director general will take office on 1 August. This appointment must be confirmed by the board of directors of the institution on July 9.

Pierre Hermant, 40, is well known in the business world. He holds an MBA from Vlerick Business School and a Masters in Finance and Business Performance Management from HEC Paris. He was General Director of Febiac and Brussels Expo . He is currently a partner at Nova Reperta and a board member of Beci. His stint at FEB, where he took care of 175 years Belgium, and at the head of the Auto Show has forged a good reputation.

Interviewed by L'Echo, the lucky man does not hide his enthusiasm. " During my 17 years of career, I have not ceased to value Brussels and its economic nuggets, whether in Belgium or abroad he explains. C ' is also what I do in my chronicles for the RTBF. I am therefore very honored to be able to combine my pbadion for the know-how of these nuggets with a support to fill the gaps of the market in this function which really makes sense. "

The future boss of the SRIB, who had postulated on the advice of his friends, said he was " bluffed " by the procedure conducted in collaboration with a private operator and cutting with political habits in the capital. "I did not have any political contact during the whole process", he says. " Robert Half, a headhunter specialized in the recruitment of financial profiles, was selected in a tender to pre-select 6 candidates recalls Minister Gosuin. At the same time, a jury of five independent experts was appointed to meet these candidates.After the recruitment process, Pierre Hermant was placed in first position. "

Pierre Hermant says he will develop his strategy for finance.brussels with the teams in place and in close collaboration with the board of directors. It already evokes an effective coordination between the talents of young companies, their accommodation and the financial support they would not find elsewhere: "The goal is to create employment."