Education
Graduate in Management, University Louvain. Graduate in Engineer, Chemistry & Bio-Industries, University Gembloux, Belgium, 1972.
Graduate in Management, University Louvain. Graduate in Engineer, Chemistry & Bio-Industries, University Gembloux, Belgium, 1972.
Chairman Societe Belge des Betons, Scientific Adventures Parc, Frameries, Besix, Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency, Henogen S.A., Aseptic Technologies, International Business Alliance, Fortis Banque. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer SmithKline Beecham-Rit. President Union Wallonne des Entreprises, chairman, 1997—2000.
Chief Executive Officer, vaccine industry GAVI, 2007. Joined GlaxoSmithKline PLC, 1974. Vice president, general manager, senior vice president Glaxosmithkline Biologicals S.A. (subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline PLC), head, Bacterial & Viral Vaccines Production, director, Vaccine Production, 1980, director, vaccine plant, dir, Research and Development, 1981—1991, vice president, human vaccines research & devel & production, 1988—1991, general manager, Chief Executive Officer, 1998, chairman, president, since 2010.
Board directors Nanocyl S.A., Besix, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA, since 2003.