As General Director, Bernard leads with a wealth of experience, a passion for innovation, and a commitment to driving positive change within the field of regenerative medicine.
Bernard's academic achievements include a distinguished medical degree from Leiden University and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. He has over twenty-five years of experience within the life sciences sector of which he spent a decade abroad, where he assumed various medical, marketing, sales, and managerial roles.
As General Director, Bernard is mainly responsible for strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and fostering innovation, aligning perfectly with his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for innovation.
Why Bernard is passionate about our mission:
"It is all about the patient: it highly motivates me to work on bringing regenerative medicine solutions to patients that will cure the diseases they are suffering from. The idea that patients will be able to return to a more “normal” life is very inspiring. I realize very well that one needs to work together with many (international) partners to get to these solutions and make it possible: working together is the cornerstone of knowledge development and progress. The journey to get affordable and available solutions to the market does not go without building scaling capacity and a strong ecosystem. I am fully committed to helping construct these building blocks so that the dream comes true!"
In Bernards spare time, he enjoys playing spending time with the family, playing the piano and during the summer navigating sailing boats.
