Kris Ryck
Kris Ryck is the CEO of Isabel, based in Brussels. He joined the company in June 2023 as VP Banking Solutions and took up the chief executive role in August of that year.
Before that, Ryck was CEO of Batopin from 2020 to 2023, CEO of itsme from 2017 to 2020, and CEO of Bancontact Company from 2011 to 2016. He spent twelve years at KBC Bank & Verzekering, joining in 1999 as a process and product manager and going on to hold roles as facility manager, management consultant for payments, integration manager for CEE and head of innovation payments. Earlier in his career he was a project manager at Smits Engineering and a project engineer at Dynamic Engineering.
Ryck studied civil engineering at KU Leuven, completing a master's degree in 1990, and followed this with a bachelor's in applied economics at the same university.
Career
Isabel#633factoryCEOAug 2023 – Present
- BatopinCEOJun 2020 – May 2023
itsme#485factoryCEOJan 2017 – May 2020
Bancontact CompanyCEOMay 2011 – Dec 2016
- KBC Bank & Verzekering#10factoryHead of Innovation PaymentsJul 2009 – Apr 2011
- KBC Bank & Verzekering#10factoryIntegration Manager CEEJul 2007 – Jul 2009
- KBC Bank & Verzekering#10factoryManagement Consultant PaymentsMay 2005 – Jun 2007
- KBC Bank & Verzekering#10factoryFacility ManagerFeb 2003 – Apr 2005
- KBC Bank & Verzekering#10factoryProcess / Product ManagerFeb 1999 – Jan 2003
- Smits EngineeringProject ManagerJun 1994 – Jan 1999
- Dynamic EngineeringProject EngineerSep 1992 – May 1994
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