Félicien Cattier

He was governor of the powerful trust, the Société Générale de Belgique and chairman of the Union minière du-Haut-Katanga amongst many other companies.

Before moving towards the economic sector, under the influence of Albert Thys, Felicien railed against the Congolese human zoo during the Brussels International exhibition of 1897 and criticized the abuses of the Congo Free State, then held as the personal property of Leopold II.

[3]Having served as legal advisor to the King of Siam, he became secretary of the International Company of the East and Managing Director of Banque d’Outremer.

He then lead the main group of colonial societies at the Union minière du-Haut-Katanga, the Forminière, the Compagnie Maritime Belge, the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo or the Banque du Congo Belge later called Banque Belgolaise.

One of his sons, Jean Cattier [fr], was a prominent investment banker at Wall Street and financial chief of Marshall Plan operations in West Germany.