Maarten Gerits

Maarten Gerits has a diverse work experience. Maarten started their career as a student at the University of Antwerp from October 2002 to June 2007. Maarten then joined Alcatel-Lucent as an Administrative Employee in July 2007 for a brief period. Following that, they worked at Deloitte as a Junior Auditor from September 2007 to July 2009, and later as an Audit Senior from July 2009 to March 2011. From March 2011 to December 2013, Maarten worked as a Senior Controller R&D at Galapagos. Maarten then progressed within the company, holding roles such as Manager Controlling from January 2014 to September 2016, Director Controlling from October 2016 to December 2018, Head of Corporate and R&D Controlling from January 2019 to April 2021, Head of FP&A, R&D and Corporate Controlling from April 2021 to present, and presently serving as the Group Controller, Senior Director at Galapagos since July 2021.

Maarten Gerits completed their high school education at Klein Seminarie Hoogstraten from 1996 to 2002, with a focus on Latin-Mathematics. Following this, they pursued a Master's degree in Commercial Engineering at the University of Antwerp from 2002 to 2007.