Financial Services
Technology, Information and Media
Active

Pascal Nyckees

Addressing business challenges to foster value creation

About Me

Board level, multilingual, Senior executive with over 30 years of international experience in Operations & Technology, Strategic Transformation and Business Development, in the financial and technology services, as well as consulting. With expertise in Payment Services & Cards, Retail Banking, Private Banking and Wealth Management as well as FinTech Senior Consultant designing, guiding and leading strategic transformation programs and the related change management activities in the industry of services, maintaining focus on people (digitalisation, operating model, technology sourcing, SaaS, BPaas, new platform, Cloud, compliance,...). Strong expertise in project management, process improvement and operating models’ optimization. I help companies building their strategy, identify transformations required for protecting their profitability and ensuring sustainable growth, and I lead the deployment of these transformations. More specifically, I design and implement business strategy and related development plans, IT strategies and operational / organizational strategies and re-structuring plans. I pursue value creation through people valorization and process optimization, leveraging on new technology. Married and father of three sons, Belgian with home base in Varese in Lombardy, Italy for the past 18 years.

Jurisdiction

Italy | Belgium | France | Luxembourg | Switzerland

Notable Employer

  • Managing Director - International Development at Market Pay
  • Group Chief Operating Officer at Bank Degroof Petercam
  • Senior Advisor - Strategy Management Consulting at Accenture
  • Chief Operating Officer at Citibank

Experience

Seniority LevelBoard
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Senior Advisor
2022 - Present

Experienced Senior Consultant specializing in strategic transformation and change management, driving business turnarounds, balance sheet restructuring, digitalization, post-merger integration, operating model optimization, and technology sourcing—including SaaS, BPaaS, cloud platforms, and compliance frameworks. Additionally, I structure financing solutions through corporate initiatives such as capital increases. I support companies across diverse sectors—finance, services, technology, and real estate—helping them develop strategies, implement essential transformations to safeguard profitability, and foster sustainable growth. Consulting firms also benefit from my expertise, as I provide insights into customer perspectives and market needs.

Managing Director - International DevelopmentNotable
2020 - 2022

As Payment Expert and Head of the International Business at Market Pay, I focus on leveraging the existing environment to further develop the businesses in Europe out of France and on creating new business in countries where Market Pay is not active yet. 2021 focus on setting up the Italian business and developing the Brazilian strategy.

Group Chief Operating Officer Notable
2015 - 2019

As an executive member of the Board of Directors, be accountable for the definition of the overall strategy and vision of the Group, and as the Group COO manage the strategy for Operations, Technology and Strategic Transformation, monitor performance and lead teams of the different units in order to meet the objectives of the department and the Bank.

Senior Advisor - Strategy Management ConsultingNotable
2010 - 2014

Delivering Operational Excellence in Financial Services. Building payments in non financial services (Retail and Tel Co). Transforming Technology through Lean IT.

Chief Operating Officer Notable
1988 - 2009

Organization and Business Restructuring (acquisitions and divestitures), Managing the Technology development cycle and infrastructure as well as Operations and Processes. Drive project and change management, costs efficiencies and growing profitability.

Education

Masters of Business administration and FinanceUniversité Libre de Bruxelles
1981 - 1986

Skills

Core skills0
Languages4

Languages

English
Dutch
French
Italian