About

Dries Cools heads the AML/CFT Policy and Off-Site Supervision unit at the National Bank of Belgium (‘NBB’). Dries served in various positions at the NBB and the IMF prior to assuming his current position. Before joining the NBB, Dries served as a corporate law associate at the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and a policy advisor to the Belgian Minister of Finance. Dries holds a master’s degree in law from the KULeuven and Harvard Law School and is licensed at the New York bar. Dries also holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the KULeuven, as well as publications in political philosophy and banking law.