Make-up of the Governing Board

The Board is made up of representatives from businesses (SMEs and large companies), the scientific community, and Government observers. Here is the breakdown (02/2012):

4 large companies:

• Mr Jean Stéphenne (GSK Vaccines), Chairman of BioWin
• Mr Didier Malherbe (UCB)
• Mr Jean-Pierre Delwart (Eurogentec)
• Mr Richard Zimmerman (IBA)

 4 SMEs:

• Mr  François Blondel (KitoZyme)
• Mr Thierry Leclipteux (Coris BioConcept)
• Mr Laurent Alexandre (DNA Vision)
• Mr Eric Halioua (Promethera BioSciences) – alternativement avec Mr Michel Detheux (Iteos Therapeutics)

4 university representatives:

• Prof Jean-Luc Balligand (UCL), Vice-Chairman of BioWin
• Dr Dominique Demonté (Biopark ULB)
• Prof Jean-Michel Foidart (GIGA Recherche – ULg) 
• Prof Martine Raes (Facultés Notre-Dame de la Paix à Namur)

1 representative of the Walloon Government:

• Pierre Léonard (Ministry of the Economy secretary Mr Jean-Claude Marcourt)

1 representative of the Service Public de Wallonie:

• Ir Pierre Villers (Inspector general of DG06)

1 observer from a non-university research centre:

• Jean-Claude Bouchat (CER Group)