Geert Ameloot

Geert Ameloot was Chief Financial Officer of Argenta from June 2011 until the end of his mandate on 25 February 2025. Argenta’s 2024 annual report lists him as an executive director and CFO of Argenta Spaarbank, and as a member of the boards of Argenta Spaarbank nv, Argenta Assuranties nv and Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep nv.

Ameloot began his finance career at Ford New Holland in 1989. In 1993, he joined General Electric’s Power Controls division in Belgium and later moved into a European role at GE’s Barcelona head office. From 1997 to 2004, he held international CFO roles at Avis Fleet Services for Germany and Switzerland and at GE Capital Bank in Switzerland.

From 2004 to 2011, Ameloot was managing director of GE’s European Funding Operation. At Argenta, his CFO responsibilities covered Accounting & Reporting, Treasury & Investment Management, Financial Management and Procurement.

As of Argenta’s current public governance pages, Johan Vankelecom is listed as Chief Financial Officer, indicating that Ameloot is no longer the current CFO. Argenta describes itself as a retail financial-services group for families in Belgium and the Netherlands, with banking, insurance, savings, lending and investment activities.

• No verified public source found that identifies Geert Ameloot as an active angel investor, seed investor, venture investor or startup portfolio investor.
• His verified investment-related role was institutional and treasury-oriented: as Argenta CFO, he was responsible for Treasury & Investment Management along with accounting, reporting, financial management and procurement.
• Argenta’s own strategy emphasizes simple, long-term retail financial services for families and individuals, with products across savings, lending, insurance and investments.
• Argenta states that it wants to be a secure and stable bank-insurer with a sound risk and investment policy focused on sustainability.