Experience

Capricorn Partners

• Belgium
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Partner Health

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Investing, Fundraising, Scaling in Healthtech - where technology impacts most | Generating investment opportunities, managing investments into portfolio companies, serving on portfolio company boards, supporting portfolio companies business development, fundraising, exiting investments Investing, Fundraising, Scaling in Healthtech - where technology impacts most | Generating investment opportunities, managing investments into portfolio companies, serving on portfolio company boards, supporting portfolio companies business development, fundraising, exiting investments



iSTAR Medical

• Belgium
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  iSTAR Medical is committed to delivering breakthrough eye care solutions to patients through minimally invasive implants, and to become the world leader in minimally invasive implants for glaucoma surgery iSTAR Medical is committed to delivering breakthrough eye care solutions to patients through minimally invasive implants, and to become the world leader in minimally invasive implants for glaucoma surgery



Healthis

• Spain
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operating Partner

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Match ambitious entrepreneurs and demanding investors; create an investment dynamic yielding above industry returns and global success. Fundraising, Investing, Coaching, Guiding, Exiting, Directing, Advising. Match ambitious entrepreneurs and demanding investors; create an investment dynamic yielding above industry returns and global success. Fundraising, Investing, Coaching, Guiding, Exiting, Directing, Advising.



imec

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member VIAR

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Representing Healthcare in setting the strategic research agenda and roadmap and ensuring activities respond to public health needs.The advisory board provides feedback to imec on needs and opportunities for innovation and co-creation between leading academics and local start-ups and industry partners.

• Member Board of Directors iMinds

  • May 2013 - Oct 2016



Caresyntax

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Board Member

  • May 2019 - Nov 2021

  Provided board guidance to the management team, in strategic pivoting, execution and fundraising to successfully grow and deliver on the investment promise and the potential value creation available to the company. Caresyntax successfully closed its Series B and C financing rounds, multiplying its valuation. Provided board guidance to the management team, in strategic pivoting, execution and fundraising to successfully grow and deliver on the investment promise and the potential value creation available to the company. Caresyntax successfully closed its Series B and C financing rounds, multiplying its valuation.



Barco

• Advertising Services

• SVP - General Manager Healthcare Business Group

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2021

  Initiated 2 new incubators with multi-million-dollar revenue potential; focus on new technologies (cloud, machine learning) and new application domains (oncology, skincare).Invested in a fast-growing scale-up with commercial and development partnership to expand into new surgical applications, quadrupling valuation in 3 years.Deployed high-investment, high-growth plan in China, doubling local revenues and achieving number 2 position against leading local competitor.Expanded Healthcare business (~8% per year, in commoditizing product categories) through patient-driven innovation, technology development, co-creation with medtech companies, entering new applications (pathology, dental, analytics, cardiovascular) and organizational excellence in regulatory, customer service, and supply chain management. Show less

• Interim CTO

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

• Chief Operating Officer (COO)

  • Dec 2010 - Nov 2014

  Initiated platform development for cross-Barco networked video capability (~100 engineers); built growth strategy around 3 business cases with business potential between €50-100 Mio each. Grew India software team into Barco-wide software lab. Introduced agile development process.Introduced Value Engineering, leveraging programs developed by Philips and McKinsey: yielded +€30 Mio in annual product cost reductions. Raised operations efficiency with 50% and associated reduction in overheads. Show less

• President Media, Entertainment & Simulation Business Group

  • Apr 2009 - Nov 2010

  Scaled up Digital Cinema business from €50 Mio to €200 Mio.

• President Avionics & Simulation Division

  • Dec 2008 - Mar 2009

  Launched first Barco incubator ClickShare (growth of >€70 Mio over 5 years): novel user-led product design process, relentless focus on product simplicity and ease-of-use. ClickShare is an enterprise solution for collaboration.



Agoria

• Tunisia
• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice-Chairman Board of Directors Agoria Vlaanderen

  • Apr 2013 - Nov 2021

  I lead the Digital Task Force, aiming to help and assist technology and industrial companies to embrace and leverage digital technologies. I lead the Digital Task Force, aiming to help and assist technology and industrial companies to embrace and leverage digital technologies.



LMS, A Siemens Business

• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President

  • Apr 2002 - Nov 2008

  Business Turnaround, Growth Development, General Management (BU Level) Business Turnaround, Growth Development, General Management (BU Level)



The Boston Consulting Group

• India
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Nov 1993 - Mar 2002

  Completed +40 advisory projects in Strategy Consulting, Growth & Performance Development. ∙ New strategies, particularly for newly acquired or merged businesses ∙ New sources of growth ∙ Partnerships, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestments; strategic due diligence Completed +40 advisory projects in Strategy Consulting, Growth & Performance Development. ∙ New strategies, particularly for newly acquired or merged businesses ∙ New sources of growth ∙ Partnerships, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestments; strategic due diligence



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager

  • Nov 1988 - Oct 1993

  IT and Organization Consulting IT and Organization Consulting