Prior to that, he spent over 15 years in banking, first at KBC-Almanij, of which 12 years in Corporate Finance and Private Equity (Investco) and 5 years in credit structuring. He performed advisory work and managed a large number of M&A transaction, both in Belgium and cross-border. He also advised the Belgian Government on privatizations. Luc Van de Steen holds a Commercial Engineer degree from Leuven and an MBA from the Chicago Business School.