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