Frank van Gansbeke

About Frank van Gansbeke

Frank is Executive Scholar in Residence at Middlebury College, where he teaches finance related courses deeply slated into sustainability and global finance. Frank has attained more than 30 years of global Senior Executive experience within the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets fields. Frank has an M.B.A. from Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), is a CFA charter holder and obtained certifications at MIT in FinTech and at Oxford Said Business School in Impact Investing & Private Equity. Frank is founder and managing partner of Goose Creek Ventures, LLC, advising, and angel investing in early-stage companies evolving in FinTech and sustainable development. Within this capacity, Frank mentors and is also a board member of several for profit and non-profit companies with a global footprint.At COP26, Frank launched the Beyond Bretton Woods initiative, a global think tank he co-founded, reviewing the practice and principles of the current international financial architecture. As representative of BBW, Frank participated at the launch of Bridgetown Initiative at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Barbados in July 2022. In May 2024, Frank initiated and curated the Beyond Bretton Woods conference at Middlebury College with support of the College and its faculty and in cooperation with event partner See Change.Frank is a regular contributor to Forbes online, where he covers issues on the nexus of digital finance, sustainability, and global markets.

Experience

1. Executive Scholar in Residence

   Middlebury College

   Jul 2022 — Present · Middlebury, VT, US

   Courses taught- SUSTAINABLE FINANCESustainable Finance can be defined as the practice of finance, embracing a triple bottom line: a comprehensive and concurrent pursuit of financial, environmental, and social objectives. The starting point will be the traditional premises of finance through the lens of increasing strain and pain points manifested in society, as evidenced by financial stress points, growing inequality, social injustice, distrust in institutions and international trade and exhausted planetary boundaries. Innovative solutions in the monetary, fiscal and public finance sphere will be canvassed coupled with new firm valuation approaches to address and mitigate the impact of referenced challenges- RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS (Fall 23)

Education

• Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

  Impact Investing Programme

  2017 — 2017

• Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

  Strategic Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership

  2012 — 2012

• VLEKHO Business School Brussel

  Bachelor's degree, Quantitative Finance

  1978 — 1982

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  FinTech Certificate course, Future of Commerce

  2016 — 2016

• KU Leuven

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Econometrics and Corporate Finance

  1982 — 1983

• Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

  Private Equity Programme

  2017 — 2017

Skills

• Collateral Management
• Treasury Management
• Financial Markets
• Investment Banking
• Portfolio Management
• Corporate Finance
• Liquidity Management
• Bloomberg
• Banking
• Derivatives
• Risk Management
• Capital Markets