Luc Thijs
President Agfa HealthCare
Business Administration
Agfa Healthcare
Belgium
Biography
Luc Thijs (°1964, Belgian) obtained a Masters degree in commercial and consular sciences (1987), as well as a Masters degree in commercial and financial sciences (1988) at the School of Economics (EHL) in Diepenbeek, Belgium. In 2004 he complemented his education with the Advanced Management Program at Insead in Paris.
Research Interest
After a brief period at Bekaert Textiles, he started his career at Agfa Gevaert’s Medical Division in 1990. He took up consecutive general management roles for Agfa HealthCare in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Italy. As from 2006, he was in charge of Agfa HealthCare’s global Imaging Division. Since 2009, he led Agfa HealthCare’s Growth Markets region, comprising Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the CIS countries. In April 2011 he was appointed President of the Agfa HealthCare business group and became a member of the Executive Committee.
