Victor Van Hoegaerden

Victor Van Hoegaerden (1828–1905) was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1891 until 1905.

He started his career as a businessman establishing weaving mills in Ohain, Lokeren, Tubize, Zele and Ghent.

The mills of Tubize, Zele and Ghent would, years later, grow into the Usines Cotonnières de Belgique.

From the establishment of the Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite in 1865, he became a member of its management board and became its president in 1889.

On 26 March 1900 the law came into force which for the second time extended the term of the Bank by thirty years.