Jean Stéphenne

Jean Stéphenne is a highly-experienced life sciences executive, who has served in senior leadership roles at a large number of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, most recently as Chairman of TiGenix (acquired by Takeda in 2019). Jean was previously a Member of the Corporate Executive Team of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Chief Executive of GSK Biologicals (now GSK Vaccines). During his 40-year tenure, he grew a company of 50 people into a fully integrated worldwide leader in vaccine development, with 12,000 employees. He currently serves on the Board of various life sciences companies including Vaxxilon (DE), OncoDNA (BE), BoneTherapeutics (BE), CureVac (DE) and Bepharbel (BE) as well as in biotech investments funds Vesalius (BE) and Merieux Investments (FR). For his contribution to the Belgian economy and global public health, he has received diverse business recognitions and was honored with various titles by the Belgian and British governments.