Frank-jan Van Der Velden

Biography

 Frank-Jan van der Velden, MBA, co-founded Xpand Biotechnology (“Xpand”) in 2005, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuros Biosciences in January 2017, and has been a member of Kuros’ Executive Committee since the acquisition. He was co-founder of several other companies in the field of regenerative medicine amongst others CellCoTec, Progentix Orthobiology and Materiomics. Prior to co-founding Xpand, Mr. van der Velden was partner at Krüger & Partners management consultants for ten years after 10 years as director of Quote Media Holding. Currently, he is chairman of the supervisory board of TIIN Techfund III (venture capital fund for technology start-ups), board member of RiverDiagnostics International (a manufacturer of Raman spectroscopy equipment for life science application) and member of the executive committee of Materiomics (high-throughput screening for cell-surface topography interaction). Mr. van der Velden is a graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands. He is a Dutch citizen.

Research Interest

 Business & Management