About Fortis
Fortis ranks among Europe's Top 20 financial institutions, with a market capitalisation of EUR 40 bln at year-end 2007. Together with ABN AMRO, it has a presence in over 50 countries and a dedicated, professional workforce of 85,000. All this makes Fortis a leader in financial services in Europe, a Top 3 private banker and a top tier asset manager.
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Did you know?
Fortis was awarded Bank of the Year 2007 in Western Europe by The Banker
Euromoney has voted Fortis best bank in Belgium and Luxembourg for seven years in a row
Commercial banking in the Netherlands was voted Business Bank of the Year twice in the past three years
5,466 Dutch employees participated as volunteers in Community Investment Programmes for the local community in 2007, which is around 40% of the Dutch Fortis workforce
Fortis and its predecessors have been active in the world of finance for nearly 300 years.
Awards
Bank of the Year in Western Europe (The Banker, December 2007)
Best employer in the Netherlands (Intermediair, October 2007)
Best employer in Belgium (Trendence - a leading European Institute for Personnel marketing, September 2007)
CEO Jean-Paul Votron elected European Business Leader of the Year (European Business Awards, January 2007)
Partners in Business from our Merchant & Private Banking Academy selected as number one "out of the box" training programme in Belgium (RH Tribune, a Belgian HR magazine, September 2007)
Merchant & Private Banking Associate Programme has been voted Best Traineeship in the Netherlands in the category Financial (Sp!ts Career event, October 2007)
Best Annual Report in AEX category in the Netherlands (Scenter, September 2007)
Fortis Tribune has won the European FEIEA grand prix for Internal Newspapers (November 2007)
'Best in Class' for our excellent approach to climate change (Carbon Disclosure Project survey report, September 2006). Fortis is also included in the Climate Leadership Index.
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