Luc Dochez

Luc Dochez is managing partner of the Droia Genetic Disease Fund, a recently closed 220M€ fund focused on innovative therapeutic solutions for genetic diseases.

Prior to teaming up with Droia, Luc was the CEO of Tusk Therapeutics from 2015 until it was sold to Roche in 2018. After the sale of Tusk, he joined Droia initially as Venture Partner and then as Partner in the Oncology II Fund. Luc is co-founder of two genetic disease companies, Pharvaris and Vico. He is also a co-founder of a new big data company active in the healthcare field: Cascador Health. Luc currently serves as executive chairman of Montis and Vico, and as director of Volastra, Alesta, Erytech and QurAlis.

Before Tusk, Luc was Chief Business Officer of Prosensa, until its acquisition by BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Business Development at TiGenix, Director Business Development at Methexis Genomics, and as a consultant at Arthur D. Little.

Luc holds a PharmD degree and a postgraduate degree in business economics from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and an MBA from Vlerick Management School (Belgium).