Francine Swiggers

Francine Swiggers is a Belgian businesswoman and since 1 November 2007 she is Chairman of the Management Board of the ARCO Group.

She obtained a licentiate in Applied Economic Sciences and Master in Business Administration at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). She started her career at the BACOB Bank of the Catholic workers organisation beweging.net (formerly known as ACW). Since 1995, she was in charge of the strategic planning. She is also Director of Dexia Crédit Local, VDK Spaarbank and the Belgian water treatment company Aquafin. She is a member of the Management Board of ARCO Group since 1997.