Minister of Public Enterprises Petra De Sutter (Green) will not get her requested private observer at the listed public companies, but binding agreements will be made. – Minister De Sutter had aimed high by asking that in the case of listed public companies, an observer would also be added to the government directors, who would … Read more
– Minister of Public Enterprises Petra De Sutter (Green). – Minister of Public Enterprises Petra De Sutter (Green) wants to amend the law on public enterprises, so that an observer can inform her consistently. The bill comes after Bpost refused to include Wouter Torfs as an independent director on the board of directors. – Pascal … Read more
banks BNP Paribas Fortis customers will have to bank at 657 post offices from 1 January 2024. The bank will almost halve its own branch network. – Yesterday at 06:58 Economy – – Bpost announced at the end of last year that it is selling its 50 percent stake in Bpost Bank to its banking … Read more
– An Amazon employee in Germany stacks packages in a truck. Amazon also hopes to gain a foothold in Flanders. — © EPA-EFE – With its first delivery center, e-commerce giant Amazon is also taking home deliveries more into its own hands in our country. Bpost, Amazon’s regular courier service in Belgium for years, has … Read more
With its first delivery center, the American e-commerce giant Amazon is continuing to build its own delivery service in our country. That is bad news for Bpost, Amazon’s regular courier service in Belgium for years. – Amazon wants to open its first delivery center in Antwerp at the end of this year. The American web … Read more
– Postman Jessy Duerinckx. — © Nattida-Jayne Kanyachalao – In 2020, there were 126 incidents in which a Bpost postman was bitten by a dog. That cost the company more than half a million euros last year. “The problem has been very serious for years. There are even postmen who take biscuits on their rounds … Read more
– Former Bpost boss Jean-Paul Van Avermaet — © Dieter Telemans – Two former direct employees of former Bpost CEO Jean-Paul Van Avermaet have pleaded guilty in the US for prohibited market agreements in the security sector. Van Avermaet himself continues to maintain his innocence. – Pascal Dendooven Today at 17:46— Bart Verbeeck, former sales … Read more
Bpost announced on Tuesday that financial director Leen Geirnaerdt will leave the company in mid-November. It is the umpteenth departure at the top at Bpost. – Leen Geirnaerdt was only financial director at Bpost since May 2019. However, after a little more than two years, she decides to give up. Bpost announced this in a … Read more
Dirk Tirez is the new CEO of Bpost. Tirez, 56, has held the position on an interim basis for several months, but has now been definitively appointed by the board of directors. The postal company reported this on Monday evening. – Bpost fired CEO Jean-Paul Van Avermaet in mid-March because he is involved in an … Read more
‘Dirk Tirez brings stability and confidence to Bpost’, reacts Audrey Hanard, the chairwoman of the board of directors of Bpost. Minister of Public Enterprises Petra De Sutter is pleased that Bpost has chosen ‘an experienced man from its own ranks’. – Both Minister De Sutter and the chairwoman of Bpost, Audrey Hanard, are delighted with … Read more