Our company

Kapitol is the publisher of Infobel products specializing in B2B and online services. With a global digital platform, Kapitol-Infobel publishes and continually updates a database of some 350 million telephone subscribers and 186 million businesses worldwide. Operating throughout the world, Kapitol-Infobel also offers numerous B2B solutions including a large range of products and services that allows customers to get or improve, use data for the purposes of publication, marketing, advertising, and other data purpose. Established in 1995, Kapitol is the first business worldwide to have developed and published an online telephone directory.

Who are these products and services aimed at?

Are you an online or mobile publisher looking for information? Do you work in marketing or advertising? Do you want to obtain data to set up marketing campaigns or improve your customer and prospect files? Do you need data to develop specific services (satellite navigation, geodirectories, ID Verification, Caller ID, population alerts, etc.), or do you work within another field that would also benefit from the tools and services that we offer? Welcome to Infobel Corporate, a global platform that offers multiple online, offline and mobile solutions for small, medium and large businesses.  Browse our site to find the product or service which best corresponds to your business needs.

Our strengths

• More than 22 years of experience in processing online/offline data and publishing Internet content.
• Partnerships with the largest market players but also tailored solutions to SMEs.
• Continuousl update of B2B and B2C, prospective customer and supplier databases for B2B and B2C.
• Tools giving access to the largest databases on the market with more than 186 million businesses and 350 million telephone subscribers worldwide.
• A global platform enabling a fast, flexible and automated (API) search of individuals and business in an advertising free.

Management

Alain Wahba, CEO, is in charge of developing Kapitol's activities and deals with legal issues. He holds a master's degree and a teaching diploma in business sciences and international business from the ICHEC Brussels Management School (1993).

Marc Wahba, CTO, is responsible for software development. In 1991, he graduated with a diploma in electro-mechanical civil engineering from the Polytechnic Faculty of the Free University of Brussels (ULB), and a master's in management from the Solvay Brussels School. Marc single-handedly designed and developed the technology used for the Infobel software, website and other directories. Before co-founding Kapitol, he developed expert systems for the Belgian Army and played a part in the computerization of the Brussels Stock Exchange.

Liliane Sidis, CFO, heads up the finance and accounts departments. Graduating in 1993, she studied business sciences and international business at ICHEC. Before coming on board with Kapitol, Liliane ran and managed an import-export business for Europe and the U.S.

Claude De Bruycker, COO, joined the company in 2001 as Chief Operating Officer, after a lengthy career at GIB group as General Manager of Brico Europe. He was responsible for the growth and expansion of the 'Do-It-Yourself' (home improvement) division. Claude has travelled between Europe and the U.S. throughout his career.