Experience

Toppako Capital

• Belgium
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Investing in SME growth strategies between Europe and Asia. Toppako comes from the Japanese kanji 突破口 meaning « Breakthrough », expressing our strong belief that EU and Asian companies have a unique opportunity to join forces and build stronger businesses together, potentially leading to extraordinary results for investors, management, customers and employees. Investing in SME growth strategies between Europe and Asia. Toppako comes from the Japanese kanji 突破口 meaning « Breakthrough », expressing our strong belief that EU and Asian companies have a unique opportunity to join forces and build stronger businesses together, potentially leading to extraordinary results for investors, management, customers and employees.



EpiGaN

• Belgium
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of the Board of Directors as Observer

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2018

  EpiGaN manufactures GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafer materials and supplies these to integrated device manufacturers to create high performance power and RF devices. www.epigan.com EpiGaN manufactures GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafer materials and supplies these to integrated device manufacturers to create high performance power and RF devices. www.epigan.com



China Belgium Mirror Fund

• Belgium

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2018

  Leading the team on the first closing with CIC and SFPI as well as on the investments into Bang&Olufsen, Sunpartner Technologies and Epigan. Holding director or observer seats in the portfolio companies (Epigan, Sunpartner, Viadeo) . I'm the editor of the Dragon Index, a quarterly news brochure on Chinese outbound investments. Leading the team on the first closing with CIC and SFPI as well as on the investments into Bang&Olufsen, Sunpartner Technologies and Epigan. Holding director or observer seats in the portfolio companies (Epigan, Sunpartner, Viadeo) . I'm the editor of the Dragon Index, a quarterly news brochure on Chinese outbound investments.



Asian Development Bank

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Economist (Regional Cooperation) in PRC Resident Mission

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2011

  Mission: implementing and coordinating the ADB’s regional cooperation activities in relation to the PRC. I also coordinated the PRC-ADB Knowledge Sharing Platform, a multi-year platform fostering dialogue and development experience sharing between PRC and ADB developing member countries. Mission: implementing and coordinating the ADB’s regional cooperation activities in relation to the PRC. I also coordinated the PRC-ADB Knowledge Sharing Platform, a multi-year platform fostering dialogue and development experience sharing between PRC and ADB developing member countries.



European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

• China
• International Trade and Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2009

  I was responsible for developing a common lobby position and implementing a lobby action plan for the working groups related to the financial services, aerospace, aviation, automotive and auto component industry sectors. In this role, I launched the high level quarterly macro-economic seminars ‘Insight China’ and was the Chamber’s project leader for the first annual survey on the ‘Social and Economic Impact of Private Equity in China’ launched in partnership with Bain & Company. I was responsible for developing a common lobby position and implementing a lobby action plan for the working groups related to the financial services, aerospace, aviation, automotive and auto component industry sectors. In this role, I launched the high level quarterly macro-economic seminars ‘Insight China’ and was the Chamber’s project leader for the first annual survey on the ‘Social and Economic Impact of Private Equity in China’ launched in partnership with Bain & Company.



Euroclear Bank - Collateral Valuation

• Manager

  • Jan 2005 - Mar 2007

  From 2005 to 2007, in charge of a team of 4 people, our mission was to: (i) ensure the accuracy of the collateral valuation system (using regression analysis and statistical models as Value at Risk), (ii) develop a control infrastructure on Front Office Foreign Exchange Trades (iii) ensure good relationship with regulatory authorities addressing their requirements and adapt where necessary according to new regulations (ie. MIFID), (iv) enhance the system to cover new financial products (i.e. structured securities). (v) project management : crosscheck of quotations from different providers, enhance collateral valuation systems, developping an innovative measurement of concentration risk, theoretical quotations models, parties database (collecting corporate ,structure and ratings information about all Euroclear counterparties), and to evaluate the quality and costs of different external data vendors products (Telekurs (IPS), Interactive Data (previously Financial Times Interactive Data), Reuters (Datascope) , Riskmetrics, Bankers almanac, Duns and Bradstreet, Rating Agencies (Moodys,Fitch,S&P)) .

• Associate Manager

  • Oct 2000 - Dec 2004

  From 2000 to 2005, I was Associate Manager launching FundSetlle, an investment funds platform for cross border dealing, settlement and reconciliation. In addition to strengthening the design achieving productivity gains and improving client satisfaction I also created a unique data mining tool using Excel as interface.