Luc Lammenss

Biography

Luc Lammens graduated as Master in Scientific Applied Economics, with specialization in International Business Affairs (K.U. Leuven 1988). He is currently a financial consultant for innovative, start up and early stage companies and is active in Corporate and Academic Spin Outs. He is in charge of specific financial missions and technology transfer projects. Mr Lammens contributed to the start-up, financial long term planning, IFRS conversion, audit preparations and successful IPO of Movetis (100M€). He had a pivotal role in relocating Biocartis’ R&D and Manufacturing from Lausanne to Flanders in collaboration with the Flemish regional organizations (VIB/FIT/PMV). He had the lead in the integration of the financial processes and the introduction of ERP for all Biocartis affiliates. Mr Lammens also has an impressive record of success in obtaining grant financing for R&D from the Flemish region (>€15 million). Previously, he spent 10 years at Janssen Pharmaceutica nv (J&J) working primarily as a financial analyst for in-licensing agreements. He was also responsible for financial control and reporting on sales and marketing departments. Prior to that, he was member of the business development group from the Belgian-Chinese Joint-Venture, Xian-Janssen. He started his career with a European sugar producer (Tiense Suikerraffinaderij – Südzucker) and a large London trading company (E.D. & F. Man). He is the author of three books on Business Plan, Financial Plan and Venture Capital and is a contributor to the Intellectual Property Policy of the Institute for Tropical Medicine.

Research Interest

Financial Plan and Venture Capital.