About Fortis

Fortis ranks among Europe's Top 20 financial institutions, with a market capitalisation of EUR 40 bln at year-end 2007. Together with ABN AMRO, it has a presence in over 50 countries and a dedicated, professional workforce of 85,000. All this makes Fortis a leader in financial services in Europe, a Top 3 private banker and a top tier asset manager.

For more information about Fortis, please see their website.

Did you know?

  • Fortis was awarded Bank of the Year 2007 in Western Europe by The Banker
  • Euromoney has voted Fortis best bank in Belgium and Luxembourg for seven years in a row
  • Commercial banking in the Netherlands was voted Business Bank of the Year twice in the past three years
  • 5,466 Dutch employees participated as volunteers in Community Investment Programmes for the local community in 2007, which is around 40% of the Dutch Fortis workforce
  • Fortis and its predecessors have been active in the world of finance for nearly 300 years.

Awards

  • Bank of the Year in Western Europe (The Banker, December 2007)
  • Best employer in the Netherlands (Intermediair, October 2007)
  • Best employer in Belgium (Trendence - a leading European Institute for Personnel marketing, September 2007)
  • CEO Jean-Paul Votron elected European Business Leader of the Year (European Business Awards, January 2007)
  • Partners in Business from our Merchant & Private Banking Academy selected as number one "out of the box" training programme in Belgium (RH Tribune, a Belgian HR magazine, September 2007)
  • Merchant & Private Banking Associate Programme has been voted Best Traineeship in the Netherlands in the category Financial (Sp!ts Career event, October 2007)
  • Best Annual Report in AEX category in the Netherlands (Scenter, September 2007)
  • Fortis Tribune has won the European FEIEA grand prix for Internal Newspapers (November 2007)
  • 'Best in Class' for our excellent approach to climate change (Carbon Disclosure Project survey report, September 2006). Fortis is also included in the Climate Leadership Index.

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