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: Jean Stéphenne
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

Jean Stéphenne, Member of the board of several biotech companies
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