Johan Cardoen

Johan Cardoen

Chairman of the Board

Dr. Johan Cardoen serves as Managing Director of VIB BV (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology). Dr. Cardoen is responsible a.o. for technology transfer and establishing spin-off companies. He served as Chief…

Luc Mathis

Luc Mathis

CEO

Luc Mathis has 15 years of experience in business development and startup management in biotechnology. Luc is the former CEO of Calyxt (NASDAQ:CLXT) – – a leading company in gene…

Michael Krel

Michael Krel

Board Member

Michael joined us in 2013 and is a partner in the Sofinnova Industrial Biotech Strategy. His primary focus is on identifying early-stage deals in Europe and North America with applications…

Jenny Rooke

Jenny Rooke

Board Member

Jenny is the Founder and Managing Director of Genoa Ventures, where she leverages her unique toolkit of genetics domain expertise, strategic business acumen, and venture investing to launch and empower…

Benoit Barteau

Benoit Barteau

Board Member

Benoit BARTEAU is Investment Director in the Life Sciences Department of Bpifrance Investissement. Since 2014, he has been involved in a dozen investment deals and current board positions include Dynacure,…

Neal Gutterson

Neal Gutterson

Board Member

Neal GUTTERSON joined DuPont Pioneer in 2014. In 2017 when DuPont merged with Dow, he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the combined entity’s agriculture division,…