Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the non-profit organization (a.s.b.l.) WEL Research Institute comprises representatives from the industry, academia and of Ministers of the Walloon Region.
Board of Directors
- President: Philippe Denoël
- Vice-President: Pierre Lekeux
Representatives of Ministers of the Walloon Region
- Vinciane Grimard, representing the Minister for the Economy
- Catherine Dath, representing the Minister for Research
- Christopher Sortino, representing the Minister-President
Representatives of the financial and industrial sector
- Philippe Denoël, Head of Vaccines External R&D, GSK
- Gwenaëlle De Keyser, Head of Public Private Partnerships, UCB BioPharma
- Joëlle Van Malderen, Head of AWA Benelux and Head of AWA Switzerland, AWA
- Marc Van Den Neste, Founder and administrator, EKOSYS
Academic experts
- Pierre Lekeux, Professor, ULiège
- Philippe Lambin, Professor, UNamur
Representatives from the universities in the French Community of Belgium
- Jean-Christophe Renauld, Prorecteur Recherche, UCLouvain
- Marius Gilbert, Vice-recteur à la Recherche et à la Valorisation, ULB
- Ruddy Wattiez, Vice-recteur à la Recherche, UMons
Secrétaire Général du Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS)
- Véronique Halloin, Secrétaire Générale
Representative of the Walloon Public Service
- Jean-François Heuse, Inspecteur Général