Gea is a serial entrepreneur and a real-estate project developer with a sharp eye for quality residential housing. And, with a passion to match people with the right house — and vice versa. She also has a sharp eye to match people with other people. That’s why she is a great match maker for us. …
Enrico Borella (BE-IT)
Recently, Enrico Borella started to write his own future as an entrepreneur and a startup coach. Before that, he was injecting entrepreneurial vibes in the innovation initiatives and the corporate venturing journeys of global manufacturing companies. We met each other at one of his former employers. “I heard ImpactBuilders' founder Jan Lagast speak of customer value …
Greet Verbruggen (BE)
When Belgian companies need extra hands and brains in their HR-activities, they can count on Greet Verbruggen. With many references at big brands and at innovative start-ups, Greet knows the ins and outs of many growing Belgian organisations. Driven by her core values, she wants to change the corporate world. From the inside ànd from …
Patrick Schollaert (BE)
When he was working at the Belgian entity of the global bank BNP Paribas Fortis, Patrick Schollaert was already passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance. He created the innovation hub “iHub” for the bank, when the business community had merely discovered the concept of a startup. When he retired a few years ago, 20 banking …
Gunnar Valge (EE)
Gunnar Valge is now the CIO of the Nordic private equity group ELG, specialised in yarns and textile production and distribution. He ensures the IT systems of all the ELG portfolio companies are running smoothly. Getting SAP/R4 HANA fully operational, is one of his recent accomplishments. Over the past years he has been in various …
Ubald Kragten (NL)
The first part of the career of Ubald Kragten was inside the Dutch DSM chemical manufacturing company. In the recent past, Ubald was head of innovation and that brought him very close to the startup world. Today, Ubald is advising large and small companies on their innovation processes.
Mieke Van Snick (BE)
Mieke Van Snick is the backbone of the international group's administration. She runs all financial operations for us. In her previous career she has been responsible for the end-to-end administrative workflow processes from client order to payment. Find her on Linkedin ...
Inga Veselova (EE)
Inga Veselova is an international venture builder, with almost 10 years of experience in startup advisory, fundraising, and investor relations. She worked with many early-stage startups in Europe. Initially, she was leading the middle-east region for the London-based Seed Forum International Foundation, focused on investor match-making. For Inga, this was the starting point of an …
Frieda Janssens (BE)
Frieda is one of the cornerstones of ImpactBuilders. She leads the Brussels Regional Hub, and is coaching the Venture Builders and Venture Leaders of the ventures around Brussels. She is a top advisor too, and has the certificates of Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator and Cultural Transformation Tools Practitioner of the Barrett Values Centre. Moreover, she …
Steven Storms (EE)
Steven has over 20 years of experience as interim manager and an entrepreneur in Africa, Russia, and Europe. He is a business generalist with a value-chain focus and a big heart for people. He is an expert in motivating collaborators and middle-managers to go the extra mile while adding value for clients. Why ImpactBuilders "When …