Jan Van Den Berghe

Jan is founder of Novalis Biotech Incubation. He is a serial entrepreneur in the food and biotech industry. Following his education in bio-engineering, he worked as senior consultant for the Boston Consulting Group and as Independent Strategy Consultant.

Jan co-founded and served as director of Genohm, which was acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2018.

Jan also served as Director and Chairman of Oystershell laboratories, a world-class developer of innovative consumer healthcare products. The company was acquired by Gilde Buy-Out Partners in 2017.

Jan is co-owner and director of Lipa Holding, a family business in food and recycling, and is operating partner in Victus participations, an independent agri and food growth investment fund.

Jan obtained an MBA from INSEAD, and a Master in General Management from Vlerick Management School.