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Dr Jos B. Peeters

Chairman of the Executive Committee - Responsible for venture capital, finance and IT

Has a PhD in Solid State Physics from the University of Leuven. He worked at Bell Telephone Manufacturing Cy, PA Technology and BeneVent Management, before starting Capricorn Venture Partners.

Yves Vaneerdewegh

Member Executive Committee - Chief Investment Officer Quoted Equity

Yves is a commercial engineer and a certified EFFAS financial analyst. He worked for Hamburg Mannheimer NV (Munich Re Group) as a financial analyst (1993-1997) and at Puilaetco as a portfolio manager (1997-2005). Yves joined…

Sabine Vermassen

Member Executive Committee - Compliance, Legal & Risk

Holds a Master degree in Law (UGent) and a Master in Business Administration (Vlerick School). Sabine started her career in the M&A department of an international law firm and has been operating since 1991 as…

Olaf Cörper

Partner Quoted Equity

Olaf holds a diploma in economics (TU Berlin). He is also a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (DVFA). Olaf started his professional career in early 2004 at DZ Bank AG in Frankfurt, where he gained experience…

Katrin Geyskens

Partner

Katrin is a commercial engineer from the KULeuven (Belgium) and has obtained an MBA degree from the Chicago Booth School of Business (USA). Katrin has banking experience from CERA Bank (currently KBC Bank, Belgium) and…

Dr Ludwig Goris

Senior Investment Manager

Obtained a Master in Chemistry (UGent) and a PhD in Physics (Hasselt University) focusing on organic solar cells research. After his post-doctoral scholarship at Stanford University Ludwig re-joined Hasselt University to develop new thin film…

Dr ir Marc Lambrechts

Senior Investment Manager

Was a senior scientific advisor at IWT and section head with the R&D division of Terumo Europe prior to joining Capricorn Venture Partners. He has a PhD in Microelectronics from the University of Leuven, with…

Rob van der Meij

Senior Investment Manager

Rob is a chemical engineer from Delft University in the Netherlands and has worked both in the corporate, strategy consulting and start-up world in chemicals, process and water technology. Rob has held business management positions…

Yvette Go

Senior Investment Manager

Yvette holds a Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School (Spain) and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands). Yvette is an experienced investment professional, having invested in…

Dr Katya Smirnyagina

Executive Director Capricorn Health-tech Fund

PhD in Cellular & Molecular Biology (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), BS in Biochemistry (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia). Katya completed her scientific training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, then worked in management consulting…

Daniela Arruda Costa

Investment Analyst

Daniela is a skilled researcher with corporate experience in a chemical start-up. With her knowledge of agricultural biotechnology, bio-informatics and bio-chemical markets, she has the knowledge to analyse the technological grounds of relevant investment cases.

Wouter Van de Putte

Investment Associate

Wouter holds a MSc in bioscience engineering (KULeuven) and an MBA from Flanders Business School (KULeuven). He has corporate experience in the environmental remediation industry as well as the biotechnology sector where he held roles…

Kim De Keyser

Valuation expert

Holds a master degree in applied economics from the University of Leuven. Kim started her professional career in the audit department of an international audit firm, mainly involved in the audit of financial institutions. Kim…

Ine Jordens

Legal & Risk

Ine started her career in the M&A department of Baker McKenzie (Brussels), was senior associate of Quorum (Antwerp), a business law firm with specialisation in M&A and venture capital, and has been operating since 2018…

Fabian Koning

Business Development Manager

Fabian H.J. Koning (1961, B.Sc. of Business Administration, Maastricht) started a partnership with Capricorn Venture Partners in 2008 as a capital introducer for the Quest Cleantech Fund. In October 2016, this co-operation was formalized through…

Maarten Lambert

Investment Associate

Maarten holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science (KULeuven) and an MBA from London Business School. He was involved as founder in two software start-ups and gained broad operational/ consulting experience at Procter &…

Steven Levecke

Senior Investment Manager

Steven holds Master degrees in Business Economics and in Financial Management (Vlerick Business School). He worked as Senior Auditor and as Executive at PwC's Transaction Services' team before joining Capricorn in 2007. In 2013 Steven joined…

Marc Pauwels

Fund Administrator

Marc Pauwels studied economics (with a specialisation in accountancy) in Brussels. Following this, he obtained a degree at the “fiscale hogeschool” in Brussels. Marc worked as a tax advisor, before joining the former CERA Bank…

Marina Ruiter

Executive Assistant

Worked at PA Technology, BeneVent Management and Royal Dirkzwager, prior to joining Capricorn Venture Partners.

Baron Bernard de Gerlache de Gomery

Independent Director, Member of the Audit Committee

Baron Bernard de Gerlache de Gomery graduated as a doctor of laws from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL) and holds a master's in business administration from Boston University. After working for the Bank van Brussel…

Prof Philippe Haspeslagh

Chairman, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Philippe Haspeslagh is Dean of the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School. He is on leave from INSEAD where he holds the Paul Desmarais Chair in Partnership and Active Ownership. He previously taught as a Visiting…

Liesbet Peeters

Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committee

Liesbet Peeters is managing partner at D. Capital Partners, the investment advisory arm of Dalberg, facilitating impact investments into emerging markets. Prior to this she founded Lapiluz Advisory Services and worked for Capricorn Venture Partners,…

Walter Van Pottelberge

Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee

Walter Van Pottelberge has been Managing Director of Ter Lande Invest S.A. since January 1, 2005. Walter served as the Chief Executive Officer of ING Insurance Belgium-Luxembourg until 2001. He serves as a Director of…