François-Xavier Ragot is a principal in Heidrick & Struggles’ Brussels office and leads the Financial Services and Financial Officers practices in Belgium and Luxembourg. With more than 15 years of experience in executive search, François-Xavier's engagements in banking, insurance, payment, real estate, and post-trade industry range in scale from global to Pan-European, and local, at the board and C-suite levels. He has strong financial officer expertise and has completed a variety of CFO searches in various industries across Europe. Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, François-Xavier led the Belgian financial services and CFO practices at another international executive search firm.