Françoise Roels (°1961) is Secretary General & Group Counsel of Cofinimmo sa, in charge of legal affairs, human resources, regulatory affairs, corporate governance, risk management and compliance.  She is an executive member of the Board of Directors of Cofinimmo.

After having obtained a Master in Fiscal tax she started her career as tax advisor with Loyens in charge of a clients portfolio.  After a three years stay with Loyens she joined JP Morgan where she was appointed Vice-President, Head of the Tax department of JP Morgan’s Brussels Banking division and Euroclear.

From ’98 to 2004 she worked at Belgacom, first as Tax Director then as Corporate Governance & Participations Director. In that capacity she actively participated at the launch of the IPO.

Françoise is Executive Board member of Cofinimmo, Independent Board member of Euroclear Pension fund, of Women on Board and of the “Instituut voor bedrijfsjuristen”, as well as member of the “Instituut van bedrijfsconsulenten” and of the Warande.