Sofina

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Sofina, Société Financière de Transports et d'Entreprises Industrielles, is a Belgian holding company, headquartered in Brussels with offices in Singapore. As part of the Bel20 index, its is one of the twenty largest capitalisation in Belgium. The company invests in several industrial sectors such as telecommunication (7%), portfolio companies, banks and insurance (6%), private equity (6%), services within the company (18%), consumer goods (31%), energy (6%), food distribution (8%) and various other sectors (10%). Geographically, Sofina has investments located in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, India and North America.[1]

The company has holdings in Bira 91, Byju's, Cognita, Colruyt, Danone, Richemont, SES S.A., Suez S.A., Eurazeo[1] as well as in private equity and venture capital firms, among others Cambridge Associates and Sequoia Capital.[2]

History[]

The company was founded in 1898. It was led from 1905 until 1955 by the Belgian-american engineer of German origin Dannie Heineman (1872-1962).[3] Historically, the company owned the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, which was one of the largest tram operators in the world at the time.[4] From 1955 on, the current family shareholders started to invest. Yves Boël is appointed Director in 1956. In 1964, the Boël family took control together with Société Générale de Belgique.[5]

Governance, management and shareholder structure[]

Governance and Management[]

  • Chairman of the board: David Verey since 2014 [6] (took over from Richard Goblet d'Alviella)
  • Management: Harold Boël, Chief Executive Officer,[7] Xavier Coirbay, Wauthier De Bassompierre, Francois Gillet. Former Managers : Jean-Luc Reginster, former general counsel, former secretary; Marc Speeckaert, former managing director; Marc Van Cauwenberghe, former deputy managing director.

Shareholder structure[]

The majority of the shares are held by the Boël family. The remaining shares are listed on Euronext Brussels and Sofina is part of the Bel 20 index.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Sofina (March 2020). "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Sofinagroup.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Dawn Lim (March 17, 2018). "Lim's Take: Cambridge Associates Adds to Its Family of Backers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. ^ APS Physics. "Dannie Heineman". www.aps.org. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  4. ^ (eds.), Bart DeGroof ... (1998). En los deltas de la memoria : Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press. ISBN 90-6186-860-2. Retrieved October 27, 2015.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. ^ The New York Times (November 28, 1964). "Societe Generale Wins in Struggle To Control Sofina". Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Uk Government. "Sir David Verey Biography". Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Bloomberg (2021). "Harold Boel, Chief Executive Officer, Sofina SA". Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Euronext Brussels (2021). "Bel 20 Factsheeet" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2021.

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