Ann De Schepper is mathematician, with a PhD in actuarial sciences. She built up research expertise in stochastic models and dependence in financial and actuarial quantities, in recent years also focusing on education policy and quality assurance. She is full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics. From 2016 to 2024, she was Vice-Rector of education, and active in VLIR and VLOR. She was strongly involved internationally in the start-up of YUFE, the European alliance in which the University of Antwerp participates. She is currently Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics.