Stephan Desplancke has been active in asset management since 2001 and has held commercial and leadership roles at firms including Schroders and BlackRock. At BlackRock, he was responsible for the distribution of active funds, ETFs, alternative strategies and private markets solutions across the BeLux region. In 2022, he founded Toward Wealth Management, which manages discretionary portfolios for private clients and insurance brokers. Since then, the firm has expanded with the addition of two former BlackRock colleagues and the integration of insurance activities following the acquisition of Verzekeringen Vanlanduyt.