Wim Goemaere

Biography

Wim Goemaere is an experienced senior financial executive with over 30 years international business experience, the majority of which he spent within the biotechnology field. After graduating in applied economics from KU Leuven (Belgium) in 1987, Wim Goemaere began his career at BP where he held various finance roles with increasing responsibility until leaving the Company in 1995, to join the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) as CFO. He played a key role in the Institute's development from start-up to one of the world's leading research bodies in life sciences. In 2008, Wim Goemaere moved to Devgen, a Belgium-based multinational agro-biotech company listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels, where he held the position of CFO for five years. He was instrumental in ensuring endorsement of Devgen in the financial markets and in the take-over of Devgen by Syngenta for €403 million. Furthermore, he played an important role into the company's business expansion in Asia. Wim Goemaere was appointed CFO of Bone Therapeutics in 2013 and played a key role in the process of bringing the company to the stock market in 2015. In 2017, he re-joined VIB where he now holds the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Research Interest

Biotechnology