Leadership team

Leadership team

Our leadership team has a deep understanding and exceptional experience in their respective fields of expertise which we leverage to guide our approach and deliver the best possible outcomes for our partners.

CEO

Harry Christiaens, PhD

Harry has significant leadership experience with 15+ years in the pharma and biotech industry. He successfully transformed Pharmavize, a regulatory consultancy company into a leading CDMO, establishing a GMP team and infrastructure from scratch. Since 2015, he led the acquisitions and integration of five companies providing highly complimentary services. He successfully integrated the service offering of the acquired companies onto one platform, creating the Ardena brand.

Harry Christiaens, PhD

Harry Christiaens, PhD

COO

Gerjan Kemperman, PhD

Gerjan has significant leadership experience with 15+ years in the pharma industry. He worked previously at Organon/MSD in various leadership roles. Gerjan co-founded ChemConnection in 2012. He successfully led and grew the company and finally managed its buyout to Mentha Capital in 2018.

Gerjan Kemperman, PhD

Gerjan Kemperman, PhD

CFO

Filip Van Herck, CPA

Filip assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer at Ardena in October 2017. Prior to his appointment, he held various positions at Capsugel (following its spin-out from Pfizer) and Lonza (after its acquisition of Capsugel). He was responsible for overseeing the coordination of IPO readiness efforts and the integration of finance departments following the Lonza-Capsugel acquisition. …

Filip Van Herck, CPA
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Filip Van Herck, CPA

Filip assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer at Ardena in October 2017. Prior to his appointment, he held various positions at Capsugel (following its spin-out from Pfizer) and Lonza (after its acquisition of Capsugel). He was responsible for overseeing the coordination of IPO readiness efforts and the integration of finance departments following the Lonza-Capsugel acquisition. Earlier in his career, Filip worked at Cisco, where he held several financial positions of increasing responsibility. He obtained a degree in Applied Economics from the University of Leuven in Belgium, and a degree in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Business School in Ireland. Filip is a Certified Public Accountant (AICPA).
Corporate Business Development Director

Guido Wallraff

Guido is an entrepreneurial-minded senior executive with consistent successes in starting, building, growing and improving revenue and profitability of life science product and service businesses. Guido has more than 25 years of experience.

Guido Wallraff

Guido Wallraff

CIO

Peter Vermeylen

Peter received a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University in Leuven (Belgium). Peter has over 20 years of IT experience, having served at the corporate level for several companies in different industries including an international, certified pharmaceutical lab. He understands the requirements imposed by a GxP environment and the IT challenges it brings.

Peter Vermeylen

Peter Vermeylen

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