Catherine Vandenborre

About Catherine Vandenborre

Catherine Vandenborre is a Belgian executive widely recognized for her expertise in the energy sector, corporate finance, and listed-company governance. As an independent director of Rexel since 2024, she brings to the company deep knowledge of the electricity ecosystem as well as strong financial discipline and performance-management capabilities. Rexel specifically highlighted that her appointment would strengthen the Board through her industry expertise and finance background. She also serves on Rexel’s Audit and Risk Committee, a role that fits well with her professional profile. Before joining Rexel’s Board, Catherine Vandenborre built a long career within Elia Group, the electricity transmission operator in Belgium and Germany. Having joined Elia in 1999, she held several management positions and later moved into senior leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer. Since September 2023, she has served as interim CEO of the group, demonstrating her ability to operate at the highest strategic level in a highly regulated and technically demanding sector. She is also a director and chair of Proximus’ Audit Committee, further underlining her reputation as a governance and oversight specialist. Her earlier career includes experience in energy trading and market operations: she was a member of the Executive Committee of APX-ENDEX, an Anglo-Dutch gas and electricity company based in Amsterdam, and previously served as CEO of Belpex. She began her career in audit at Coopers & Lybrand, giving her a strong foundation in accounting, internal control, and risk analysis. Catherine Vandenborre holds a degree in Applied Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain and also completed training in tax law and financial risk management. Her background combines finance, energy, regulation, and governance, making her a particularly valuable board-level profile for a listed industrial group such as Rexel.