Philippe De Brouwer

Doctor Philippe J.S. De Brouwer is director of HSBC Krakow, honorary consul of Belgium in Krakow, and a guest lecturer at the AGH UST, University of Warsaw, and the Cracow University of Economics. He is also a member of the scientific council of the International School of Krakow, as well as a member of the AGH UST University Council.

Doctor De Brouwer has taught a number of subjects, such as finance, behavioural economics, decision making, Big Data, bank management, structured finance, corporate banking, financial markets, financial instruments, team building, and leadership. One course that stands out is the one related to data and analytics. His main research interests include investment management and data analysis.

In 2016, when he joined HSBC Krakow, he established a Centre of Excellence in Risk Management in their service centre in Krakow. The team supervises all most important models used in the bank worldwide. Doctor De Brouwer is an ambitious director and has more than 20 years of experience in banking and assets management, he has held numerous executive-level positions and is currently director of HSBC Service Delivery Europe where he supervises diverse activities related to risk management (e.g., managing, models review, compliance with regulations). He specialises in team work, leadership, big data, analytics, risk management, and investment counselling.

In all his activities, he aims to connect communities for which he works and to contribute to establishing bonds between academic communities and the world of industry and diplomacy. His newest book, published in October 2020, is titled The big R-book: from data science to learning machines and big data.