Jürgen Ingels

Jürgen Ingels has served as one of our directors since May 2020. Mr. Ingels is the Founder and Managing Partner of SmartFin, a growth stage private equity fund that he founded in December 2014. In October 2014, Mr. Ingels sold Clear2Pay NV/S.A., a global payments software technology company he founded in 2000, to FIS Global. He is the organizer of one of the largest tech festivals in Europe (SuperNova) and founded several technology companies. Mr. Ingels started his career in private equity in 1997 at Dexia NV/S.A., where his role was focused on investing in technology companies. Mr. Ingels currently holds Board positions at several companies, including Materialise (Nasdaq), WDP (Euronext, BEL20), Ghelamco, Guardsquare NV, Itiviti AB, UnifiedPost NV, and Willemen Groep. Mr. Ingels holds a Master of Science degree in Political and Social Sciences and an MBA from the University of Antwerp.