Philip Bille is Head of Buy-side Dealing Desk at Bank Degroof Petercam, a Belgian based investment firm with AUM’s over EUR 55 billion. His team is the centralized and multi-asset execution hub for the Institutional Asset Management and Private Banking units of the Group .In addition to his senior management role within the Group, including the ownership of strategic projects, he particularly focuses on counterparty selection, business relationship and market structure topics. After qualifying in economics and obtaining an MBA (San Diego, USA), Philip started his career in the sell-side equity business before creating the buy-side dealing desk for Petercam in 2007. He became a Director in 2001 and over the years represented the Company in a range of industry associations or forums. After the merger with Bank Degroof in 2015, he was appointed Head of Buy-side Dealing Desk for the Group and successfully built this new business franchise.