Katleen Vandersmissen
Katleen Vandersmissen is Managing Partner at HERAN Partners, with a PhD in Chemistry and experience at Umicore, McKinsey, and LRM. She joined HERAN at its start in 2020, overseeing management, strategy, fundraising, and investments.
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- Umicore · head of R&D and QA labs
- McKinsey
- LRM · investment manager and head of Health&Care department
- Umicore · head of one of the R&D and QA labs
- McKinsey
- LRM · investment manager and head of the Health&Care department
- HERAN Partners · Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Katleen Vandersmissen?
Katleen Vandersmissen is Managing Partner at HERAN Partners, with a PhD in Chemistry and experience at Umicore, McKinsey, and LRM. She joined HERAN at its start in 2020, overseeing management, strategy, fundraising, and investments.
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What did Katleen Vandersmissen do before HERAN Partners?
head of R&D and QA labs at Umicore; McKinsey; investment manager and head of Health&Care department at LRM; head of one of the R&D and QA labs at Umicore; McKinsey; investment manager and head of the Health&Care department at LRM.
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