Gérald Frère (born 17 May 1951) is a Belgian billionaire businessman, the chairman of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since January 2012, and its former CEO.
[3] Frère is the managing director of Financière de la Sambre, Frère-Bourgeois, and Pargesa Holding.
[6][7] After a year, the mandate of Cédric Frère in the regent council ended, which was not renewed because Minister of Finance Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) wanted the three vacant mandates to be filled by female regents, so that the party of Frères nomination, the MR, had to look for a female candidate.
[8][9] He is a director of Power Financial, ERBE, Fonds Charles-Albert Frère, Haras de la Bierlaire, and Stichting Administratie Kantoor Frère-Bourgeois.
[3] In April 2018, he was accused of nepotism for appointing his son Cédric as regent in the National Bank of Belgium.