The Group CEO of KBL European Private Bankers (KBL epb) has been recognized for his outstanding professional achievements at the 2014 ALICHEC Awards, which took place on Tuesday evening in Brussels. Yves Stein was named winner in the Finance & Banking category.

The awards, which are held biannually, celebrate excellence among graduates of the ICHEC Brussels Management School in Belgium. A shortlist of nominees is identified by the university’s alumni network, with winners selected by audience voting on the evening of the awards.

Stein, a Luxembourgish national who was recently promoted to the position of Group CEO of KBL epb, graduated with a degree in business and financial sciences from the Belgian university in 1987. Among other professional responsibilities, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Puilaetco Dewaay Private Bankers, the group’s Brussels-headquartered subsidiary.

“I am very grateful to ICHEC and my fellow alumni for this significant recognition,” Stein said. “As these awards highlight, education is the key to future success – regardless of one’s particular area of expertise.

“My personal conviction is that such learning does not stop when we leave university,” he said. “Rather, through both formal training and accrued experience, education is an ongoing, lifelong process.”

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