Fred Dom

Biography

Fred Dom is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in private capital investment and operations. He is the co-founder of HiFiBiO and now serves as its Director of French Operations. Previously, he was CEO of FlexGen (Leiden, the Netherlands) where he spearheaded a commercialization strategy resulting in a successful financing and launch of new, revenue-generating products. Prior to FlexGen, Fred was CEO and co-founder of RSP Technology BV, a world-leading supplier of aluminum superalloys to the defense, automotive, aerospace and electronics industries based on a proprietary process exclusively licensed from Delft University. Fred began his career at Rijnvelden BV, focusing on investment in early stage technology companies. Fred chairs the Dutch grant advisory committee to the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship (total budget € 80 million) and he is a member of the “Regiegroep”—14 industrial and academic thought leaders in Dutch Life Science industry. This high profile group is appointed by the Minister of Economic Affairs, to develop a new industry vision and recommend new policies to support the Dutch Life Science & Health industry (Topsectorplan). Fred holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Erasmus University.

Research Interest

innovation and entrepreneurship